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Discover the motivations that each member of the team has with respect the team, him/her self, the company… is a complex process that takes time. With some of the people is easier than others but nevertheless when you think that you know somebody, suddenly you can note you are wrong. After these 4 months working … Read more
I have been researching information from different places about the role of the PMO in an organization. This article simplifies the roles in 4 archetypes: Scorekeeper, Facilitator, Quarterback, Perfectionist. Other point of view and a simplification that now, looking at the square, I see me jumping from one box to the other, depending of the … Read more
I continue working on the PMO Solution and the different basic steps to be established for this PMO creation process. I usually clarify the concepts drawing while I read,
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
I want to remind this didactic post about how the Earned Value is calculated in MS-Project you can find in the log blog ‘Rule of Thumb’.
As I have discovered from Glen Alleman’s post , the site Mosaic Project Services Pty Ltd. is a worthy place to get resources. The first one recommended by Glen is “Scheduling in the Age of Complexity,” I continue reading the 23 pages of the paper.
Working on paper about the evolution of Products, It has been a nice discussion about the issue, with a lot of questions to answer.
This is something I have read from an external resource and that is taking so much time from me: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/3012.html C-RUP is part of the development paths available in CSC Catalyst. All these paths are part of the Enablement process.
After a business analysis phase for a solution, there is a decision making process for thinking about the viability of the solution. The recognition that the development of a solution really cannot be profitable is very hard for the person who studied it. Sometimes, the defense of this viability is done as a matter of … Read more
When you work on new solutions for your company, the adoption of a life-cycle costing approach is mandatory. LCC requires decisions during R&D phase. Just at this moment is when you need to start the LCC analysis. A silly example, you are working on R&D and you have 2 designs for a solution; both requires … Read more