Diversity Risk in the Canadian Workplace
7 years 46 weeks agoA good understanding of diversity risk must be part of planning. The world is laden with so many cultures. Mixtures of these various norms creates a new norm that must be considered seriously.
If we look in the past, multiculturalism has a long and wide history in Canada. It was then adopted by the
How is the Y-Axis scale determined in the Resource/Activity Usage Profile
7 years 48 weeks agoIn Primavera when we show Resource Usage Profile or Activity Usage Profile, the max value in Y-Axis is determined by software. And we may wonder how is it determined.
Controlling the Runaway Meeting
7 years 50 weeks agoIt is a common phenomenon. Something happens, usually something bad. Daily meetings are organized. Anyone connected with the event is there—from senior executives to junior staff. There is incredible focus. Then, the triggering issue is resolved. But the meetings continue.
This has happened to all of us. Meetings start with a clear purpose.
CPM Resource & Cost Loading Requires Inside Knowledge
7 years 51 weeks agoCPM Resource & Cost Loading Requires Inside Knowledge
Like construction project management, CPM Resource & Cost Loading is a science in which the best practitioners have administrative, as well as practical and theoretical skills specific to the industry in which they work. This condition generates some interesting perceptions, all of which point to a lack of
Schedule Driven Projects
8 years 5 days agoRisk? What are you?
8 years 1 week agoIt is inspirational to hear words that rhyme where a line and a stanza impart a meaning using the song-like attributes of the articulated statements. The command of a poem makes one remember. It helped some University students recall difficult formulas in integral and differential calculus. It is real and it does work. I’ve used it a lot during my college years singing “The Integral of u” to
Assurance for high risk projects
8 years 2 weeks agoWhy do so many governing bodies allow their organisations to embark on high risk projects without insisting on a robust, independent assurance function?
There is nothing wrong with embarking on a high-risk, high-reward project that has the potential to transform an organisation. In fact they are almost mandatory if an organisation is going to leap-frog its competitors and gain a
The Project Manager and the Scrum Master Should be Friends
8 years 2 weeks agoThere is a debate in the Agile community regarding the role of the project manager and the scrum master. These discussions remind me of a song from the musical, Oklahoma. Rather than drawing on the commonalities and shared mission of the roles, the focus seems to be on what separates them.
The farmer and the cowman should be friends, Territory
How to make a labor, equipment mobilization plan in Primavera P6
8 years 4 weeks agoIn a project plan beside the Start and Finish date of activity, we also need to know When we need resource, and How many resource we need.
I will show you how to do it.
We have a simple project with 3 activities and is assigned resource as follow:
- Activity A : 10 worker and 1 Crane
- Activity B : 5 worker and 2 Crane
- Activity C : 20 worker
The Butterfly Effect and How It Will Impact Your Project
8 years 6 weeks agoPreviously, we have discussed how schedule pressure and various schedule compression techniques may manifest themselves unpredictably and with adverse effect on the project. When pondering this correlation it might be comforting to recall the age old adage of, “haste makes waste”; my grandfather would always postulate. He would know. As a mechanical engineer working on high risk projects
