As a PM here is what I believe I believe in… The church of the Project Charter Defined deliverables Listening to the experts Small teams with big white boards Understanding where value is added by…
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Some thoughts on agile PM
Before today I knew a little about agile project management. It’s not a new model, especially if you’ve been involved in software development. On the surface it looks like another form of incremental and iterative…
Earned Value for the easily ammused
At work we use Earned Value to track our projects, not the most straightforward way to do it, but one that seems to add a lot of value for the work done. I like EV,…
The impact of the highly improbable
I have just finished reading “The Black Swan” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Black swan theory is used to explain rare, high impact events that were difficult to predict and leave some notable or significant legacy….
A planning dilema…
It’s that time of year when I need to buy my planner refill for next year, for the last couple of years I’ve been using Franklin Covey to help organize my work-flow. Generally I like…
The singing NASA PM
A short Youtube video of a song about the ongoing Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission looking for water on the Moon. It was written and recoded by John Marmie one of the…
Columbus 0 – Seattle 1
In March the ECS said “Tonight our history becomes legend”, last nights 1-0 win over the defending champions is going to be a large part of the story.
Stepping outside the process world
Just took part as a non-advocate review of after action review for a pure development engineering project that a friend of mine is delivering this afternoon. My projects have typically impacted operations and the factory,…
Buisiness requrements should drive the charter.
All detailed requirements should be based on clear business needs.
Happy, happy fun time… No Really…
I sat down with a friend for coffee this morning and spent a collective 20 minutes complaining about the frustrations, pressure, workload and all the little issues that make life difficult being a small part…