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This is something I want to remind, (Explained on May 2009)
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This is something I want to remind, (Explained on May 2009)
Last week we were doing an internal project assurance on some projects. One of the PM was taking into consideration to show the client the need to perform some changes on the project scope. To mention these changes was the only thing he got ready for that internal session, previous to the customer meeting. We … Read more
This presentation published by NOOP is something good to review periodically, Checklist for the Agile Manager
Usually, project managers are assigned to a project from the beginning to the end. This strategy has its advantages as continuity and strenght relationships with stakeholders. However, there are other ways to assign project managers. A program manager should consider assigning a more senior PM for the kick-off or initiation phase of a project to … Read more
Some lines extracted from The handbook of Program Management by James T Brown. Stakeholder management involves everything necessary to control relationships with all individuals the program impacts or affects in order to ensure the achievement of program objectives. Program managers must mentor & coach projects managers in terms of stakeholder management. “Hell hath no fury … Read more
How useful they are, this is all I can tell you today 🙂 . There are thousand of methods to ensure your delivery: check-list, best practices…. but other necessary step of this process is to say “…eh man, can you have a look to this plan?…” I always try to do it, and today I … Read more
I’m doing an estimating training and working on an estimation tool for a local client. This is keeping me concentrating on this knowledge area. I’m happy about it. The tool I’m doing needs to balance best practices and simplicity. I can include a lot of features that helps to do better estimations but the key … Read more
As you probably know, that’s what you can listen in more projects that you expect. I have seen how people look at the planning asking themselves “why the project does not run as expected??. They perform continuous analysis of EV, SPI, CPI…. Sometimes, they check the estimation to reduce other tasks that are not affected … Read more
Play with numbers was something I always liked, so estimation is an activity that awakened my interest. The rules to play are the best practices and common sense. 1.- A solid plan for developing the estimate, you need to have an strategy about what you are going to estimate and what you need to deliver, … Read more
I continue trying to improve the vision I have on the ITIL life cycle model. Today I have reviewed the role of the capacity manager. It’s supposed it is a strong technical infrastructure role that: Understands future resource needs, delivering these needs through a capacity plan (similar complexity to a project definition). This plan can … Read more