Planning and Budgeting in Scrum Projects By Jeroen Keppens In a pure waterfall project, processes for planning and budgeting are well defined. Scrum on the other hand provides a very flexible way of development...
The Subcontract Statement of Work By Michael D. Taylor If something is not in the subcontract it will not be accomplished. For this reason every effort must be made to avoid the assumption that...
Those Who Fail To Plan, Plan To Fail! By Doha Shawki Many a times did we hear this saying “Those who fail to plan, Plan to fail” and it is very true. A lot...
How to Create a WBS With Microsoft Project By Mark Piscopo The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a hierarchical decomposition of the project objectives into deliverable-oriented tasks that are executed by the project team...
CMM and Software Project Planning By Dave Nielsen Software project planning is a Key Process Area (KPA) that spans many of the knowledge areas from the PMBOK as it describes activities performed during the...
CMM Configuration Management and Project Management By Dave Nielsen Configuration Management is a discipline that is unique to the business of developing software so is not specifically addressed anywhere in the PMBOK. The purpose...
Ten Things to Look For When Reviewing a Project Plan By Dave Paradi When you are given a project plan to review, here are ten things you should look for to determine the quality...
Customer Management in Project Management By Dave Nielsen It is fair to say that good communications is essential to the task of managing the customers of a project, but good communication is tool that...
Planning Is Not A Project Life-cycle Phase By William R. Duncan Planning is not a project life-cycle phase. Planning is an ongoing activity throughout the project. The only time planning looks even a little...
Going Beyond Project Management – Adapt to Change By Victor Siegle Change: A Product of an Old Adage Project-based organizations realize that customer-focused project management is far superior to product-centric project management. In other...
