Random PM Thoughts from a Financial Services perspective… The Practicing IT Project Manager - News, Articles, The Weekly Round-up, and The IT PM Book Store. Exploring And Discovering. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) My research… « Projects + Management = Project-Management. Si Alhir (Sinan Si Alhir) - Agile & Antifragile Coach / Trainer / Consultant / Practitioner (Business Agility & Antifragility) Si Alhir is a Coach, Trainer, Consultant, and Practitioner working with Individuals, Collectives/Communities/Teams, and Enterprises/Organizations.
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Most of those assignments involved the introduction of digital technology, from the earliest days of the introduction of what were called mini-computers, through the introduction of the PC, to the various digital devices, robotics, and artificial intelligence that we use today. A joke I often encountered over the years was that if you asked a software programmer what his solution could do the response all too often was: “what would you like it to do?” The point of the joke, which has more than a grain of truth in it, is that programmers do not live in (or would prefer not live in) the world of finite resources and often fall into the trap of excessive optimism.
Agile is a break from the principles of scientific management upon which previous methodologies were based. First, Mr. Second, another of Mr. Note: Grammatical corrections were made from the original. Skepticblog. Manifesto for Project Leadership. Motivation After reading some books recently and reflecting on what I have learned from them integrated with my experiences thus far, I realized that one thing that does not seem to exist in the world of project leadership is a Manifesto, something equivalent to the Agile Manifesto.
I did some searching and didn’t find anything that was both general and simple enough to serve as guidance for Project Leaders to use as a framework. Thus, I have tried to create one. Being biased towards an Agile approach, it will appear to bear great similarity to the Agile Manifesto (originally focused on Software Development only), but I have named it the Manifesto for Project Leadership; I personally believe it should apply to any Project Leader and can apply to any project. In order to avoid other organizations from simply “absorbing” or morphing this work and then charging for it; I am applying a Creative Commons license that simply states “Attribution, No Commercial Use, Share Alike”. Preamble Changes: Volume III, Issue 3 – March 2014 - Project Management World Journal. Business and IT Decisions. Greger Wikstrand. Can you combine traditional and agile estimation?
There is nothing magical about “classical” estimation. There are a few basic concepts to keep track of: Bottom up versus top downExpert estimation versus parametric estimationBest – worst – expected case I think the most common method for traditional estimation is to go top-down using successive estimation which means that when something is to big or uncertain, you break it down into component tasks and estimate them recursively. If you are familiar with Planning Poker you can easily combine it with this approach: Start with your user stories + other backlog items then FOR EACHEstimate it with PP, if too big or to wide spread it is an Epic. Not so different from “pure” Planning Poker, is it? I often hear the same complaint about Agile Retrospectives: They are not held at the right level in the organization! Is it possible to do controlled process experiments in software? Have you ever been to a really good meeting?
TDD improves quality! Providing the Stepping Stones to Success. Www.susannemadsen.com. Www.susannemadsen.com. Why Projects Fail. Tram trouble The following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” – a list of failed or troubled projects from around the world.
Organization: City of Edinburgh Council Project type : Public transit - Tram Network Date : September 2003 - May 2014 Cos... Read More What’s your employability score? Featured Article - Synopsis Link to article - What’s your “Employability Score”? Read More I, We, You, Me – Observations on Team Dynamics As with most Project Managers, I've worked directly with a lot of people and a lot of teams.
Volume II, Issue 4 – April 2013 - Project Management World Journal.