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Episode 020 - Napoleon on Project Management

October 23, 2006

Jerry Manas, the author of Napoleon on Project Management, joins me in this episode to discuss the events that lead to Napoleon’s rise, the key principles that enabled his repeated success, and the ill-fated actions that caused his downfall. Great... Read more...

A multi-discipline approach to finance projects

October 22, 2006

It is sometimes a good idea to split the project team into component parts, each focusing on a different , but complimentary, skill-set.Interdependencies and relationships can also be formally defined - shown below via dotted lines.The four parts in the... Read more...

10/23/06 Tip of the Week. Quality Tips: Tip 6 - Don’t shorten planned testing to keep the project on track.

October 21, 2006

Many organizations stick to the planned testing schedule and activities even when the overall project effort is running behind schedule. But there a those organizations that immediately look to shortening and sometimes omitting testing activities in order... Read more...

Book is on Amazon

October 20, 2006

My book is now listed on Amazon (actually has been for some time but have been waiting on some rewriting). -ctb Read More →

PS2007 Project Details (VBA)

October 19, 2006

Fourth post, I think this is it.  We started with C#, what you normally see the Project Server samples in.  We shifted to VB.Net and realized the difference wasn’t too significant.  Then we moved into JavaScript, which proved to be challenging. ... Read more...

PS2007 Project Details (JavaScript)

October 19, 2006

Post three and now things are getting a little more interesting.  We leave the blanket of .Net and head out into the cold harsh reality of HTML, XML, and JavaScript.  I want to do the same thing I did in the previous examples... get the list... Read more...

Preparing for PMP?

October 18, 2006

I hear that SL is going to have another PMP exam very soon.. Today I got to know about this POSDCAST which helps PMP candidates to prepare themselves for the exam..There is something what I always keep in my mind…“When the exam is closer , 1 minute... Read more...

PS2007 Project Details Sample (VB.Net)

October 17, 2006

OK, post two... we've gone to VB.net.  If you want to know how to run this program see the C# sample, they are identical.  I actually had to recode a lot of the sample, the converters I found didn't handle the UI, which is 90% of the sample. ... Read more...

Is Agile Development Killing Usability?

October 17, 2006

Does the agile software development mantra of "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work" lead to functional, but unremarkable software? In this article on Wired, the author raves about Apple's attention to detail in something as small as a Date... Read more...

SEARCC Conference 2006 – Research paper Presentations

October 16, 2006

Research Paper presentations were held on 12th and 13th of October., But due to heavy office work, I managed to participate only on 13th. I will be presenting a paper hopefully by next year so it was very important for me to get a real look and feel... Read more...

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