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Project Auditors

March 2, 2008

Offering advanced seminars in earned value management and program management. Read More →

PRINCE2 Training and Generic Project Management Training covering Risk Management, Planning, Scheduling, Control and Earned Value Analysis, supported by Project Consulting and Audit Services. Read More →

How to make the data meaningful

February 27, 2008

To continue the discussion from here and here:Once you convince people to do time tracking, you need to remember that there are different goals to be addressed. If you are a consultant, you need to track time for billing purposes. If you are a project... Read more...

March’s Item of the Month in the Marketplace: Earned Value Project Management – Third Edition

February 26, 2008

Earned Value Project Management (EVPM) is an increasingly essential technique for defining project scope, measuring progress and maintaining focus. This book serves as a valuable reference for those who already practice EVPM, as well as for those who... Read more...

Earned Value Management Explained

February 24, 2008

Earned Value Management (EVM) helps project managers to measure project performance. It is a systematic project management process used to find variances in projects based on the comparison of worked performed and work planned. EVM is used on the cost... Read more...

Workplace Stressors - What stresses you out?

February 21, 2008

I read an article by Dan Strakal called The Top Seven Causes Of Workplace Stress And Fifteen Ways To Get Rid Of Them. I found that the list is not very complete and that one very important item is missing from the list. Here is Strakal's... Read more...

Work / Life Balance - Are We a Happy Lot?

February 20, 2008

According to our 2008 Report due out late February not all project management professionals are happy with their lot (no surprises there!). Here’s part of the article from the latest Project Management Tipoffs Newsletter from Arras - subscribe here: ... Read more...

Is Agile’s Velocity Like Earned Value?

February 20, 2008

The use of Earned Value (as defined in ANSI/EAI-748B) is a mature process for assessing the performance of projects in many industries - government, aerospace, defense, construction, large IT (SOX and CobiT compliance). Velocity... Read more...

BDUF, Agile and some confusion

February 14, 2008

In Dave Howell's comment to a previous post several ideas were presented that need some clarification on my part - I probably confused Dave and owe a better response. Big Design Up Front (BDUF) is a popular term used by the agile community for the perceived... Read more...

LiquidPlanner: Interview with Jason Carlson

February 13, 2008

You really have to check this out: LiquidPlanner.com. If there is a playground for project management software, this is the cool kid to hang out with. It is Web 2.0, it is cool, it is innovative and it is just what our profession is looking for. Look... Read more...