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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
During this year one of my goals have been to change completely the management style adopted in the GHPAT. I assumed this role in an atmosphere where all people was misinformed and nobody knows nothing. There was not opportunity to delegate nothing all was centralized in the previous person in charge and from outside to … 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
Some guidelines about the strategy to follow when working in SIEFs, This is a BA work related with all existing processes. Define the changes on the Processes can be easy, integrate the changes can be hard. Define guidelines, objectives and strategy. Develop communication objectives. Participate in SIEFs. Advise businesses on interaction and key decision on … 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
if you didn’t have enough with the PMBOK, now you can find a new guide for Business analysis BABOK. Other reading for bed reading.
Do you like Excel? Enjoy these templates, from these ones, I have used some ideas from this one. I like the idea of Resource Assignment Matrix, thinking in some projects of the past, it would help me.
You Aren’t Gonna Need It !! How many usefulness features have I developed?? and finally they never were not used! How many hours discussing about extras? The waste cannot be completely removed from the Projects and thanks to good scope definitions & deliverables I have always eliminated the most of YAGNIs, but finally there is … Read more
launchpad.net is helping me a lot with Ubuntu. Thank you,
Today this post from pm411.org arrived to my RSS. Reading from one of these links to other link and so on I reach one that really got my attention: PMO 2.0: The Changing Face of Today’s PMO. True, I was influenced by the “2.0” 🙂 But after this, the reading is so interesting. The scenario … Read more