Comments on: Don’t Screw These Up: Sustainability, Communication, Measurability, Continuous Improvement http://pmstudent.com/dont-screw-these-up-sustainability-communication-measurability-continuous-improvement/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Travis Anderson http://pmstudent.com/dont-screw-these-up-sustainability-communication-measurability-continuous-improvement/#comment-17289 Travis Anderson Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:36:23 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4640#comment-17289 Josh, Ahhhhh, "Measurability" is one of my favorite topics to discuss. This is the worst area to screw up, except for all the others. EVM performance measurement techniques (PMTs)include among others 0/100, 50/50, interim milestones, and percent complete. Each technique is unique for practical application. The other areas of consistency, sustainability, communication, alignment, etc are vital components in what is called an integrated performance management system (IPMS). I am familiar with the EVM methodology. EVM encompasses sound project management practices. The best way to evolve an IPMS is through continuous improvement. Find out what you are screwing up and then fix it, document it in lessons learned, and communicate the change in the system through training initiatives. Having an IPMS, which is a composite system of all things you suggested to monitor for screwy anomalies,provides the value customers are looking for from their project managers through transparency of measurablity. Josh,
Ahhhhh, “Measurability” is one of my favorite topics to discuss. This is the worst area to screw up, except for all the others. EVM performance measurement techniques (PMTs)include among others 0/100, 50/50, interim milestones, and percent complete. Each technique is unique for practical application. The other areas of consistency, sustainability, communication, alignment, etc are vital components in what is called an integrated performance management system (IPMS). I am familiar with the EVM methodology. EVM encompasses sound project management practices. The best way to evolve an IPMS is through continuous improvement. Find out what you are screwing up and then fix it, document it in lessons learned, and communicate the change in the system through training initiatives.

Having an IPMS, which is a composite system of all things you suggested to monitor for screwy anomalies,provides the value customers are looking for from their project managers through transparency of measurablity.

]]> By: Travis Anderson http://pmstudent.com/dont-screw-these-up-sustainability-communication-measurability-continuous-improvement/#comment-25713 Travis Anderson Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:36:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4640#comment-25713 Josh, Ahhhhh, "Measurability" is one of my favorite topics to discuss. This is the worst area to screw up, except for all the others. EVM performance measurement techniques (PMTs)include among others 0/100, 50/50, interim milestones, and percent complete. Each technique is unique for practical application. The other areas of consistency, sustainability, communication, alignment, etc are vital components in what is called an integrated performance management system (IPMS). I am familiar with the EVM methodology. EVM encompasses sound project management practices. The best way to evolve an IPMS is through continuous improvement. Find out what you are screwing up and then fix it, document it in lessons learned, and communicate the change in the system through training initiatives. Having an IPMS, which is a composite system of all things you suggested to monitor for screwy anomalies,provides the value customers are looking for from their project managers through transparency of measurablity. Josh,
Ahhhhh, “Measurability” is one of my favorite topics to discuss. This is the worst area to screw up, except for all the others. EVM performance measurement techniques (PMTs)include among others 0/100, 50/50, interim milestones, and percent complete. Each technique is unique for practical application. The other areas of consistency, sustainability, communication, alignment, etc are vital components in what is called an integrated performance management system (IPMS). I am familiar with the EVM methodology. EVM encompasses sound project management practices. The best way to evolve an IPMS is through continuous improvement. Find out what you are screwing up and then fix it, document it in lessons learned, and communicate the change in the system through training initiatives.

Having an IPMS, which is a composite system of all things you suggested to monitor for screwy anomalies,provides the value customers are looking for from their project managers through transparency of measurablity.

]]> By: Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo http://pmstudent.com/dont-screw-these-up-sustainability-communication-measurability-continuous-improvement/#comment-17119 Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:47:51 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4640#comment-17119 Hi Josh, Couple of dynamics may be at work here to explain the drop off. First, Prof. Peter Morris once described project management as a "discipline caught in a 1960's time warp", which means we hash over the "SoS" ("same old shit") but rarely come up with anything new. And if you think about it, there is truth in his statement. Since the CPM scheduling programs went from mainframes to desktops, there has been no SIGNIFICANT improvement or contributions to the Body of Knowledge. (If you look at the evolution of the PMBOK Guide, I see more wordsmithing changes than I do substantive improvements, although with few exceptions, I tend to like the latest PMBOK over previous editions.) The second is at least in my case, we have become very busy with work starting at the end of the 3Q and continuing into 1Q 2010. So at least in my case, I have less time to fool around with social networking sites. BR, Dr. PDG, back in Jakarta http://www.getpmcertified.com Hi Josh,
Couple of dynamics may be at work here to explain the drop off.

First, Prof. Peter Morris once described project management as a “discipline caught in a 1960′s time warp”, which means we hash over the “SoS” (“same old shit”) but rarely come up with anything new. And if you think about it, there is truth in his statement. Since the CPM scheduling programs went from mainframes to desktops, there has been no SIGNIFICANT improvement or contributions to the Body of Knowledge. (If you look at the evolution of the PMBOK Guide, I see more wordsmithing changes than I do substantive improvements, although with few exceptions, I tend to like the latest PMBOK over previous editions.)

The second is at least in my case, we have become very busy with work starting at the end of the 3Q and continuing into 1Q 2010. So at least in my case, I have less time to fool around with social networking sites.

BR,
Dr. PDG, back in Jakarta
http://www.getpmcertified.com

]]> By: Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo http://pmstudent.com/dont-screw-these-up-sustainability-communication-measurability-continuous-improvement/#comment-25712 Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:47:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4640#comment-25712 Hi Josh, Couple of dynamics may be at work here to explain the drop off. First, Prof. Peter Morris once described project management as a "discipline caught in a 1960's time warp", which means we hash over the "SoS" ("same old shit") but rarely come up with anything new. And if you think about it, there is truth in his statement. Since the CPM scheduling programs went from mainframes to desktops, there has been no SIGNIFICANT improvement or contributions to the Body of Knowledge. (If you look at the evolution of the PMBOK Guide, I see more wordsmithing changes than I do substantive improvements, although with few exceptions, I tend to like the latest PMBOK over previous editions.) The second is at least in my case, we have become very busy with work starting at the end of the 3Q and continuing into 1Q 2010. So at least in my case, I have less time to fool around with social networking sites. BR, Dr. PDG, back in Jakarta http://www.getpmcertified.com Hi Josh,
Couple of dynamics may be at work here to explain the drop off.

First, Prof. Peter Morris once described project management as a “discipline caught in a 1960′s time warp”, which means we hash over the “SoS” (“same old shit”) but rarely come up with anything new. And if you think about it, there is truth in his statement. Since the CPM scheduling programs went from mainframes to desktops, there has been no SIGNIFICANT improvement or contributions to the Body of Knowledge. (If you look at the evolution of the PMBOK Guide, I see more wordsmithing changes than I do substantive improvements, although with few exceptions, I tend to like the latest PMBOK over previous editions.)

The second is at least in my case, we have become very busy with work starting at the end of the 3Q and continuing into 1Q 2010. So at least in my case, I have less time to fool around with social networking sites.

BR,
Dr. PDG, back in Jakarta
http://www.getpmcertified.com

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