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Once of the PMO we are working has a lot of tasks to do. The type of workload is this typical level of things to do that makes that you can be working 24 hours for the next 5 months and after that, you will have the feeling that you need other 5 months to … Read more
Typical projects where you compose a team to build something through a project execution uses to have a non written law about the percentage of management you need on each project. For us it’s something around 15% of the total time of the project. We are working now for a client where the infrastructure projects … Read more
One of the things I miss since I started working in my new position is the exposure to the client I have had during the first months. It’s something I assumed when I got the position: I need to start the PMO; and it’s something it will change since the moment I finish the construction … Read more
This week I have assited to a Web training where all participants connect to different virtual places with Sametime and with the phone. The course was composed by 2 teams: red & blue. Once a explanationwas finished, we have to change to our team room in order to do the exercises. After that, we check … Read more
One of the recommendations well described in the previous commented paper: “…If the worker beleives an activity’s duration is reasonable even if it’s optimistic and the person remains properly motivated, they will change their behaviour to achieve the strech target and consequently change the outcome…” About the role of the schedule in a project: “The … Read more
This week I have accumulated 26 hours of scheduled meetings. It beats the amount number of hours I can handle to deliver my work properly. At this moment, I think 20 hours is a good number, less than 15 hours means I’m not attending the team or the clients and more than 20 means “you’re … Read more
I work planning the future all the time, not only when I’m working on a project, I love to trace the vision about the reactions of a client, how the people feel in the team, how people are tracing their proffesional careers. I suppose that almost everybody in these kind of positions do it. Sometimes … Read more
Reading PMThink! I have discovered this tool: liquidplanner, it has allowed me to discover how a tool facilitates the management of the concepts handled in this kind of management. I like: It’s a SaaS and all its advantages, It’s not only a planner, it allows you to add documentation, collaborate through discussions. Each task is … Read more
Summer time arrives to the office and the incoming demand decrease dramatically. Suddenly you have enough time to arrive to your daily tasks and even you think you have time to do other labours !!! What can you do???
The problem of security in the Lotus WSDL was fixed thanks to some of the links below and the changes we did on the server configuration. With it, this technical risk of the project is mitigated, now we have to go to the next one. These kind of risks cause usually delay in the project … Read more