Claude Emond posts the 8 Principles of Successful Agile Projects, which is part 2 in a 5 part series on an Agile framework. I especially like the “no surprises principle”. Mike Griffiths outlines the Value Stream Mapping principles for the new PMI-ACP exam. Andrew Clifford has an excellent post on Bootstrapping. Steven Roock provides 5 …
Valentine's Day Management Training
2/15/11 Update: Click here for slides of this event. Come join Kendall Kunz on Valentine’s Day at the Puget Sound Project Management Institute’s dinner meeting at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue at 5:30 PM. Abstract Managing in the NOW: How to create competitive advantage in the coming business revolution. Social media, cloud computing, and the millennial …
Project Management Quiz: October 2010
Your project management team includes two external consultants each from a different company. You found that repeated conflicts between the two consultants already slow down project progress and jeopardize achievement of objectives. Which stage of team development can be difficult to overcome in such a situation? 1. Storming from Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing 2. Panic …
Project Management Quiz: September 2010
Which of the following is NOT a stakeholder? A. project team member B. An attorney from your company’s competitor C. A representative from your project team’s union D. The project sponsors The answer is B because a team member always has a stake in the project, as do the union members and sponsors, but your …
Project Management Quiz: August 2010
If the cost variance is positive and the schedule variance is also positive, then it indicates that … a) Project is under budget and behind schedule b) Project is over budget and behind schedule c) Project is under budget and ahead of schedule d) Project is over budget and ahead of schedule The answer is …
Erin Brockovich the Business Analyst
By Tarun Chandel Recently I saw Erin Brockovich for the nth times (yes I can’t remember how many times I have seen Erin Brockovich). It is needless to say that it is a great movie but at the same time it teaches you so much about how to go about your work. How can we …
Agile Risk Management
By Mike Griffiths Risk Management processes may have the air of a traditional, process-driven project management activity. However, agile methods are great risk reduction vehicles, and are actually very well aligned for rapid risk identification and reduction. What is a Risk? A risk is some event or circumstance that could transpire and impact the project. …
Project Management Quiz: July 2010
A company has to make a choice between two projects, because the available resources in money and kind are not sufficient to run both at the same time. Each project would take 9 months and would cost $250,000. 1. The first project is a process optimization which would result in a cost reduction of $120,000 …