Schedule Game #6: Sweep Under the Rug
Schedule Game #6: Sweep Under the Rug (#6 in the series Schedule Game) By Johanna Rothman A few years ago, I received a call to help out a project in trouble. Unsurprisingly, when I...
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How ‘Percent-Complete’ Is That Task Again?
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...
Balancing Your Budget by Taking a Vacation
Balancing Your Budget by Taking a Vacation By Thomas Cutting A word to the wise…do not go tent camping at Perris Lake, CA in August. You know you are in the wrong place when...
EVM Glossary
EVM Glossary By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP). The costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing the work performed within a given time period. Actual Direct Costs...
Authorized to Manage – Organizational Types Matter
Authorized to Manage – Organizational Types Matter (#6 in the series Authorized to Manage) By Thomas Cutting This is the sixth in a series looking at authority. Here we switch to practical uses of...
Schedule Game #4: Hope is Our Most Important Strategy
Schedule Game #4: Hope is Our Most Important Strategy (#4 in the series Schedule Game) By Johanna Rothman A few years ago, a senior manager called me. “We have a project in trouble. We...
Schedule Game #3: Bring Me a Rock
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...
Authorized to Manage – Expert Authority
Authorized to Manage – Expert Authority (#5 in the series Authorized to Manage) By Thomas Cutting This is the fifth in a series looking at Positional, Referent, Reward/Penalty and Expert types of authority, their...
Earned Value Management (EVM) Tutorial
Earned Value Management (EVM) Tutorial By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earned Value Management (EVM) is a program management technique that integrates technical performance requirements, resource planning, with schedules, while taking risk into...
Authorized to Manage – Reward/Penalty Authority
Authorized to Manage – Reward/Penalty Authority (#4 in the series Authorized to Manage) By Thomas Cutting This is the fourth in a series looking at Positional, Referent, Reward/Penalty and Expert types of authority, their...
