Why 3 Point Estimates Create False Optimism
March 17, 2010
A recent post at PM Hut describes the process of capturing 3-Point estimates for schedule. This is an example of Yogi's quote in actionIn theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi BerraWhile it may be appropriate... Read more...
Project Management Sayings – Rewind
March 17, 2010
Part 1 - I thought the statements below made a lot of sense, or were humorous. Look for part two next week. Good estimators aren't modest: if it's huge they say so. The sooner you begin coding the later you finish. A verbal contract isn't worth the... Read more...
RESEARCH AND MARKETS, LTD.; The Book an Adventure in Service-Learning Examines Service-Learning in Project Management, Leadership and Management Consultancy
March 17, 2010
Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c7787b/an_adventure_in_se) has announced the addition of the "An Adventure in Service-Learning" report to their offering. Read More →
A new way to think about RACI
March 17, 2010
Do you use the RACI model to help with stakeholder management? RACI is a way of categorising stakeholders to help define their roles and responsibilities, and it is also useful for communications plans. The most common way to see RACI used is in tabular... Read more...
Swim Season
March 17, 2010
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Tips and Tricks: Mark a single task on the Calendar
March 17, 2010
In my last Tips and Tricks blog I introduced the Calendar view in Project, a very familiar and popular way to present task information for instant reporting. Here is another trick you can do on the Calendar— format single tasks differently than other... Read more...
Requirements Documents in an iPad World
March 16, 2010
One of the items which I have intermittently struggled with as a BA is how to properly format requirements documents. It has always frustrated me that requirements documents created in a word processor are tied to the default paper size for... Read more...
Do you like plain Vanilla SCRUM or Flavored :) ??
March 16, 2010
This cartoon by Mike Vidoz made me write this post. ( Im a fan of his SCRUM toons :)-But I wish if he has new cartoons coming up more often ;-) ) And if you want to know which SCRUM I like, I like strawberry toping SCRUM. :) yummieee.. Plain Vanilla... Read more...
Chartering the Project
March 16, 2010
Building the charter for the project does more than just gather everyone in the room for the "kick off" meeting. The charter starts with the definition of a team A team is a group of people who hold each other mutually accountable for a common... Read more...
Project 2010 SDK, **March** update (online MSDN only)
March 16, 2010
See Project 2010 SDK Documentation for the March update of the online Project 2010 SDK.The pre-release Project 2010 SDK is updated on MSDN. Post-beta builds of Project Server are changed for setting WCF service references and using... Read more...