Include Reference Information to Explain Symbols and Acronyms (#7 in the seris Effective Planning for Big Projects) By Timothy Prosser First a disclaimer: I don’t claim to be the world’s expert on project management,...
Critical Chain Method/CCM of Project Planning and Control By Dr.Russell Archibald The critical chain method has emerged in the past few years and is embraced by some practitioners as a significant advance in the...
When to Use Iterative Project Planning By Johanna Rothman Iterative project planning is useful when the uncertainty is high, and the risk to shipping all requested features at the requested ship date is high....
Characteristics of a Good Project Plan By Jorge Dominguez Even PMs who have successfully completed previous projects require a large number of decisions on questions such as the following: What work needs to be...
A Too-detailed Plan Can Become Nearly Impossible to Maintain (#5 in the seris Effective Planning for Big Projects) By Timothy Prosser First a disclaimer: I don’t claim to be the world’s expert on project...
You Have to Have Plans, but to Be Effective They Must Achieve a Happy Medium as Far as Detail and Readability (#4 in the seris Effective Planning for Big Projects) By Timothy Prosser First...
It Is Not Uncommon to Have Two or More Copies of a Plan (#3 in the seris Effective Planning for Big Projects) By Timothy Prosser First a disclaimer: I don’t claim to be the...
PLAN is not a Four-Letter Word (Part I) By Ray W. Frohnhoefer Back in the early 80s when corporations like IBM and Univac were mainframe giants, it took the typical systems team 3-5 years...
Project Configuration Management By Siraj Qureshi In the project envisioning and planning phase, we gather requirements and analyze them. We then Create a problem statement and make a Vision/Scope statement. Once the vision/scope statement...
The Simplified Project Management Process By Kevin Archbold One of the challenges of explaining project management to people who are unfamiliar with the approach, is that descriptions are often either so high-level as to...
