Earned Value Management (EVM) Training and Earned Value Professional (EVP) Training in Northern Virginia
December 19, 2007
Management Technologies is Offering the Earned Value Experience(TM) and EVPrep(TM) Workshops in Reston, Virginia in January 2008. This Workshop is Ideal for Project Managers, Program Managers, Project Team Leaders, and Others Required to Implement Earned... Read more...
2007 Books
December 19, 2007
The annual book list is a tradition in many outlets ranging from Blogs to the Booz Allen reading list. Here's my list of books that were memorable in 2007. Performance Based Earned Value, Paul J. Solomon and Ralph R. Young, John Wiley & Sons. This... Read more...
Learning about Requirements from Star Wars
December 13, 2007
Here is a fresh view on managing projects.In particular on managing the user experience through the lens of lessons learned from George Lucas' Star Wars experience.Good design and user experience are always important features (although sometimes more... Read more...
3 Great Knowledge Management tools for Project Managers
December 11, 2007
A couple of Project Management academics, Besner and Hobbes (2006) ran a survey on processes and tools that project management practitioners use with a view to identifying ways of improving project performance. Among other things they identified 3 great... Read more...
Whose Legs Are You Dancing On?
December 10, 2007
Am I weird or what? The way I lead my life and my project management practices are so intertwined that it’s sometimes hard to tell whose legs I’m dancing on! Cross-pollination of work and life outside of work (different from work-life balance)... Read more...
Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
December 9, 2007
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a term used by software companies and consulting firms to describe various approaches characterized by treating project management (PM) projects as part of an overall project investment portfolio. PPM advocates see... Read more...
Earned Value Management (EVM)
December 9, 2007
The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia.Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia’s guide to writing better articles for suggestions.(October 2007) This article may require... Read more...
Certifications Are for Cars, Not People
December 5, 2007
There’s an car dealership advertising a multiple-point certification for pre-owned vehicles. To me that translates into “checklist for used cars.” That’s what a certification for people based on book knowledge is also–a checklist... Read more...
Advice from the Fiddler on the Project
December 3, 2007
I listened to Rich Maltzman talking about his forthcoming book Fiddler on the Project (co-authored with Ranjit Biswas) on Controlling Chaos, way back in July. We’ve been corresponding since, trying to find time to talk about project management and... Read more...
Requirements defined = internal focus
November 20, 2007
Projects with clear and defined outcomes are what you think about when you think about a traditional project.The PMI’s PMBOK describes initiating, then planning a project. During the initiating phase the project objectives are pretty much defined. During... Read more...