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Reading about Rolling Wave Planning I would like to remember some basic links that have been useful: leadershipchamps.wordpress.com Managing Product Development Now I have a question, sometimes when I try to use this technique, I have some problems because my sponsor challenges me for more details in the complete plan, and my plan finalizes being … Read more
Uncontrolled changes in a project’s scope or Scope Creep is a risk in most projects. It can happen by a big amount of reasons but the main it’s not being aware of it. So, I would like to review some tips about how to take care about it: Initiation Scope Management starts before the project … Read more
Planning the test plan on the mobile application, some of the questions we have asked are: How can I see an error on the mobile device? How can I measure the response time for each mobile action? Which actions do I need to check in order that the service support has visibility on the mobile … Read more
Working in a requirements definition process and the negotiation, mainly, of the tripe constraint, we are focusing the definition of the requirements as processes in order to identify properly the processes and their needs. One of the parts of our discussions is the posterior approach of this processes in the design and development phases and … Read more
A reminder:
Reading the Harold Hezner book, I have discovered a interesting section about Gantt Charts limitations. Basically these are: Do not show the interdependencies of the activities, and therefore do not represent a “network” of activities. Cannot show the results of either an early or late start in activities. Do not represent the true project status … Read more
You have been working on a pilot during some months, you worked hard on the presentations, you did a ROI study, you have explained the Project approach and all the details, the meetings were fluent and all opinions and comments were positive. Suddenly, after to agree the initiation of the contract process, the client start … Read more
Earned Value (EV) helps me to control costs and schedule performance, but it does not answer the question: How much effort do I need to finish on schedule? The Burn Rate shows how much effort is needed going forward to finish on time, and it is expressed as a percentage of remaining planned hours. Burn … Read more
Looking for some tips in Resource Management into Projects I found this blog that talks about Agile techniques in PM. This conceptual framework has developed some methods that works as guidelines on project management and this post review some interesting ones.
There is a moment in the software projects where you have to change the pace and the main goal of the work you are developing with the team. First, you are working in different functionalities separately and you need the team open their minds looking for technical solutions that make the project reach the defined … Read more