Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 5, 2022
The ones that hit the papers are often public sector projects because their audits and budgets are more open to scrutiny. This was largely due to the unforeseen increase in the cost of steel. It also cost ten times more than the original budget, finally coming in at £430 million. Instead, tax payers have footed the bill.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 25, 2020
A project manager with a confirmation bias could use a questionable report to justify polluting the environment, since she actually only wants confirmation that the containment cost she missed in her budget is unnecessary. Belief bias in project management. Finally, a project manager should heed the belief bias.
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Inloox
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Originally, the megaproject was to be completed in 2007 at costs of only 2 billion euros. This high-tech factory now produces batteries for the car manufacturer. For example, the opening date was delayed by several months due to defective fire doors. A prime example in this context is the BER Airport.
Project Pulse Journal
APRIL 15, 2024
At its core, Kanban is inherently Agile due to its emphasis on continuous improvement, flexibility, and responsiveness to change - qualities that are less pronounced in the sequential, phase-gated Waterfall model. Feedback Loops – Incorporate regular meetings to review and adapt your workflow based on feedback.
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 12, 2018
In 1969, in Philadelphia, Jim Snyder, of Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, and Gordon Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, were having dinner and decided there was a need for an organization that offered project managers a forum to share information and discuss their industry. Certification.
Herding Cats
MAY 10, 2019
Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.
Herding Cats
MAY 11, 2019
Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.
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