How ‘Percent-Complete’ Is That Task Again? By Robert McIlree Students in my project management classes get treated to a mini-rant about the percent-complete method of measuring when a task or set of them are...
Schedule Game #3: Bring Me a Rock (#3 in the series Schedule Game) By Johanna Rothman I’ve been talking to a beleaguered colleague about his project schedule. “No matter what date I give them...
Why Create Tension Between Development and Test? By Johanna Rothman I think of development and test as partners. The developers create product and defects. The testers detect product and defects. They both need to...
Cultivating a Healthy Project Schedule By Thomas Cutting About a month ago my wife and I went out and purchased some plants, dug up one of the flower beds and replanted it. All the...
Using Maturity Models By Andy ‘PRINCE2’ Murray A Tale of Two Organisations In the last few months I’ve had two customer requests for help to improve Risk Management with respect to projects. The requests...
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Project Management – Scheduling Projects Made Easy By Liz Cassidy Complex projects require sophisticated software and scheduling tools, however simpler and more straightforward projects involving only a few people over a relatively short period...
Project Management – Fast Tracking with Gantt Charts By Liz Cassidy Gantt charts are useful tools for analysing, planning and controlling complex multi stage projects. Gantt Charts can: Assist in identifying the tasks and...
Project Management – Preventing Project Slips By Luc Richard Can Project Managers prevent projects from slipping? Ask a techie to come up with a schedule for a specific list of activities, and more often...
