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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

Herding Cats

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Project Performance Management. Connecting the 5 Principles and 5 Practices of Performance-Based Project Management ® To Increase the Probability of Project Success. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline. Risk Management.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. This one’s titled using MS Project to track and report on performance.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Risk Management (#RM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Project Performance Management. Management Processes.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

Herding Cats

In ISO 15288 this is the role of the Risk Management Processes. A second Critical Success Factor is the ability to predict what will happen in the future given the model of the project's activities and risks and the alternative designed as well as emerging designs and external processes. . This is the desired outcomes model.

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The Problems with Schedules

Herding Cats

Unrealistic performance expectations missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Unrealistic Cost and Schedule estimates based on inadequate risk adjusted growth models. Inadequate accessment of risk and unmitigated exposure to these risks with proper handling plans.

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What's Missing from the Agile Software Development Paradigm

Herding Cats

Without knowing what Done Looks Like, in units of Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Technical Performance Measures (TPM) - are defined at the start of a program—the planned progress of selected technical parameters. System performance requirements are testable and measurable.