Second Book-signing @ Chapters-Chinook
7 years 6 weeks ago
If Agile is Better, Why is Adoption So Low?
7 years 6 weeks agoAgile software projects have significantly better outcomes than Waterfall methodologies. Statistics from the 2015 Standish Group’s Chaos Report show that, on average, Agile projects are three times more likely to be successful than Waterfall projects. This gap is even more pronounced for medium and large-sized projects. (See:
Planning and Scheduling - Stage 1
7 years 7 weeks agoConception bring us to a time before any recorded execution plan and schedule. It is the zero point in time where the fate of the project is most uncertain. From this origin comes initiation or Stage 1.
A feasibility study and a business case becomes the primary foundation of stage 1. It has to be strongly aligned to the business overall strategy. If it is not, it is best to
My First Book Signing @ Indigo-Signal Hills, Calgary
7 years 8 weeks agoPlanning & Scheduling through the Gates
7 years 9 weeks agoProject planning and scheduling processes follow a management framework called the Project Implementation Model (PIM). Such model divides the project into sub-boundaries called stages, gates, or checkpoints.
Does not really matter what proprietary term they call it. Company Y can call it Y-PIM (Company Y Implementation Model). Construction firm ABC might call theirs ABC-PIM.
Risk-based Management Framework
7 years 9 weeks agoA project management framework is important in effectively managing projects. Planning and scheduling management framework is essential in managing plans and schedule. An engineering management framework governs engineering works as does a safety management framework provide standards and guidance to all safety works.
In these frameworks lie processes that are fundamental to each
Project Management: Centralized vs. Decentralized Delivery
7 years 11 weeks agoThere is an ongoing dialogue in many enterprises: Should project management be a centralized, shared-service? Or, should project managers be decentralized and embedded within their functional organizations?
The answer is, "it depends." Every enterprise is unique with its own organizational structure, culture, expectations, and needs. Similarly projects and
The USACE CPM Schedule Specification
7 years 13 weeks agoThe Specification is full of errors and is biased in favor of specific software.
Just take a look at a few sections, it is a disaster.
2.1 SOFTWARE - 2.1.2.2 Other Than Primavera - If the contractor chooses software other than Primavera P6, that is compliant with this specification, provide for the Government's use two licenses, two computers, and training
Reorganizations: Managing Your Feelings
7 years 15 weeks agoA phrase heard at many organizations is, “The only constant is change.” Reorganizations, restructurings, and layoffs have become a regular event. These events reshape the work-landscape at the individual and team level:
- Friends and colleagues may move to other groups within the company or leave;
- You may have a new management team with whom you need to build rapport and trust
