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Today we conducted the kick-off meeting for a project. This SAP technical upgrade starts next week after an assessment process and the feeling has been: how beautiful calm we have experienced Today in comparison with the assessment process, where the stress was present in almost all the areas of evaluation. Will do have a please … Read more
This assessment has been a very accurate exercise for defining the right approach for the technical upgrade, the reasons? Our customer wants to save money on the project. They want to understand how much can be saved in terms of infrastructure investment. They want to fit the solution with their SAP environment, looking for potential … Read more
License to operate is a quality mechanism for improving aspects such driving, performance, delivery… I have seen these LTO rules in aeronautic industry, where the #hours, people and effort is huge and where the Cost of lack of quality is high. They have training courses to reinforce knowledge (earning points); people losing the license have … Read more
Some ones call it project initiation, some others assessment exercise or project, some others FEL phase. In any case it’s related to the study, analysis of a business initiative that wants to be translated to IT activities, organizational actions, investment with the purpose of obtaining business value. Since 2 years ago I have been hardly … Read more
One milestone that should be always be defined in a project from the control point of view is that Project Manager will notify the Client when the spend against budget reaches 80%. Doing an analysis about reasons that can make the project to be over budget at the end of the project. One formal STOP … Read more
We are preparing a service support contract to maintain the corrective, preventive and user activities of an application that is being developed now. This is a new type of application done with new technology, so it’s not repeat the process we did for other applications. Some key considerations we are trying to keep into account. … Read more
I have been doing a test strategy (or test plan) document for a project. It has been a funny exercise to help the project manager to do it. I like project management activities and take care of things like this now that I do not manage projects officially is something that makes me be happy. … Read more
I summarize some links I want to remind. I did a comment on a Glen B. Alleman’s post, Glen clarified me some differences on WBS and OBS that were explained in detail here. WBS is oriented to product and the earned value. OBS is oriented to people working on the project. The intersection between product … Read more
2 months ago I did a project definition trying to improve the way I do it. I focused on: Doing a well defined WBS, Dividing the “Build” phase in different waves, Defining clear milestones at the end of each WBS package, Test activities on all packages, Include client activities and participation in each WBS package. Once defined it, … Read more
List to for reading before define requirements: Unambiguous: Precise and clear with only one interpretation. Consensus agreement. Complete: Every known aspect is described. Consistent: No contradictions, uniform terminology used. Measurable: In terms of time and cost, can it be estimated? Can it be verified against the implemented solution? Testable: Requirements should be quantifiable. Traceable: Must … Read more