Risk Management: Risk Workshops
Risk Management: Risk Workshops By Dave Nielsen One of the most powerful tools available to the project manager is the collective knowledge of the project team. A project manager’s success or failure on a...
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Conducting Successful Gate Meetings
Conducting Successful Gate Meetings By Dave Nielsen Projects don’t arrive at their conclusion perfectly executed and delivering all the benefits promised in the Business Case, at the advertised cost. They must be measured along...
How to Control Change Requests
How to Control Change Requests By Dave Nielsen Changes are an important part of any project. There are 2 factors at work that guarantee the generation of change requests: changes that happen to the...
Authority and Responsibility, How They’re Related and How They Affect Project Management
Authority and Responsibility, How They’re Related and How They Affect Project Management By Dave Nielsen Veteran project managers know that they accept responsibility for the project when they accept the role of project manager....
Quality Management on Software Projects
Quality Management on Software Projects By Dave Nielsen This is the first in a series of articles about managing the Quality related activities in a software project, written from the project manager’s perspective. The...
Project Decisions
Project Decisions By Dave Nielsen During the life of any project, many decisions must be made. The number and importance of these decisions will depend on the size and complexity of the project, but...
Dealing with Performance Issues in Project Management – Missed Deadlines
Dealing with Performance Issues in Project Management – Missed Deadlines By Dave Nielsen This article is a companion piece to Performance Issues. If your project is continually missing deadlines you may have a performance...
Risk Management – Lessons Learned From the Titanic
Risk Management – Lessons Learned From the Titanic By Dave Nielsen The Titanic was one of the greatest maritime disasters of all time and still continues to fascinate us today even though almost 100...
Critical Project Resources – The Build Master
Critical Project Resources – The Build Master By Dave Nielsen Build Masters (also known as librarians) are a key resource on any software development project. The key deliverable for any software development project is...
Planning System Cutovers
Planning System Cutovers By Dave Nielsen The team has worked hard and has built a system that satisfies all the business requirements, tested it and verified that it meets all the quality standards set...
