2007 April | PMToolbox :: Tools and Resources for Project Management

04/30/07 Tip of the Week. People Accountability: Tip 3 - Involve the people that have the authority.

April 30, 2007

Confirm with the manager or supervisor of your performing resource that the time you need from the resource and the work to be performed by the resource is understood and agreed to. This establishes a relationship with the performing resource’s... Read more...

Leadership Principles That Transform

April 25, 2007

The organization I work for came up with a set of principles to guide the organization in the area of leadership. We all know that successful project managers are effective leaders. -------------------------------------------------- Leaders are charged... Read more...

BCS Service Management Specialist Group Event

April 24, 2007

Apologies for the lack of posts last week. Just when I thought I had the habit as well!Last Monday I went into London to an event run by the BCS Service Management Specialist Group as the title of the event piqued my interest: 'IT Service Management,... Read more...

The Top Five Software Project Risks

April 23, 2007

I recently posted an entry on a risk assessment tool you can download and use. Risk management (or more precisely risk avoidance) is a critical topic, but one that is often dull to read about and therefore neglected. One of the few useful and entertaining... Read more...

04/23/07 Tip of the Week. People Accountability: Tip 2 - Put commitments in writing.

April 23, 2007

When you reach an oral agreement, put it in writing. This serves to both clarify the agreement that you have reached and to set a permanent reminder or expectation for the commitment. Often times, people tend to think that when they promise things verbally... Read more...

COBIT Focus framework analysis

April 20, 2007

Cobit Focus has an interesting article by Delton Sylvester, The Haze of Frameworks and Standards: Where does COBIT Fit? One comment is that (like many others) he makes the mistake of pigenholing ITIL as an operations framework. As I cover in detail... Read more...

A Burn-Rate Based Estimation Tool

April 18, 2007

In my last post I suggested spending less time worrying about project metrics and more time on stakeholder concerns, so I thought a tool to simplify project tracking might be useful. Having completed project estimating with the team, it is often necessary... Read more...

Coupling Prince 2 with RUP

April 18, 2007

Prince 2 is a well defined Project Management methodology while RUP ( Rational Unified Process) is used as a software development methodology over years . How to make best out of both while you use as Prince 2 for the PM methodology and RUP for the development... Read more...

Pour du pur plaisir, Raymond Queneau sur l’arithmétique !!!!

April 17, 2007

Voir la video Et grand merci au toujours stimulant forum de l'Oulipo, qui m'a fait découvrir ce bijou... you can connect too on virtual network at http://davidjf.affinitiz.com Read More →

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