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The Many Faces of Your Project
What the heck did we just build? Who wanted this thing anyway?
Get ready for some comic relief. Sit back and chuckle to your heart’s content, you won’t be able to help yourself! Read more »
NASA Selects Contractor For Landsat Data Continuity Mission Spacecraft
I wanted to pass along an update made public today from the project I’m working on. Building the MOE is a very important part of the project, and I’m happy to see it awarded so work can get underway. Read more »
Theory of Constraints - 4 minute video on What to Change
“Just ask anybody in the organization what to change, and you will find out to what extent people are real experts at bitching and moaning…”
It wasn’t me, it was Goldratt who said it! Wow, I hope I don’t lose my G-rating on this website…. Read more »
Project Blame Management
John sighed. “Oh well, let’s just keep our noses to the grindstone and make sure our part is good. Even if the whole thing fails, at least they won’t be able to point the finger at us.”
“Are you sure we shouldn’t let the director know about this? Maybe he’s oblivious to the whole thing going on over there.”
“Na, besides……” Read more »
Fast Money? No, Agile EVM!
…dogs and cats living together… MASS HYSTERIA! - Dr. Peter Venkman
No, it’s true! Earned Value Management techniques can work with non-traditional project management methodologies, including Agile, Critical Chain, and Lean PM. Read more »
Survey Project Teams for Feedback: Video Blog
This is my first video blog, it is a screen capture where I expand on a post I made earlier about using a monthly team barometer to gauge how things are going on your project, and get honest feedback. I show you exactly how to sign up for an account at polldaddy.com and I set up a sample post with 3 targeted questions for your project team. Let me know what you think about this format of post! Read more »
