article thumbnail

Modularized megaprojects: Failure of Conventional Approaches (Part 1)

Inloox

This high-tech factory now produces batteries for the car manufacturer. After the start of construction in 2014, the Gigafactory was opened in 2016, and the planned costs were met. While the project forms a closed unit externally, there are strong dependencies within the project. The cost was expected to be around $5 billion.

article thumbnail

What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Sverrisdottir, Ingason & Jonasson (2014) interviewed Product Owners from different organizations that there are often multiple Product Owners for the same product, even though the Scrum Guide prescribes against this. . Sverrisdottir, Ingason & Jonasson (2014) also found no standard for how much time Product Owners spend with teams.

2014 213
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Achieving Stakeholder Management Success with the Power-Interest Grid

Project Pulse Journal

Use methods like brainstorming with your project team, reviewing project documentation, or consulting with senior management to compile a stakeholder list. They might not follow the project closely but have substantial influence, so their needs cannot be ignored. The strategy is to involve them closely throughout the project lifecycle.

article thumbnail

When complacency creeps in—A story by Holly Davis

Resource Guru

Our Technical Director had executed some high-level planning of how big the migration project was and how much it’d cost to rebuild their platform. Tickets that looked “done” weren’t anywhere close giving us a false sense of progress. We re-used and re-reviewed analytics which hadn’t been re-done since the project was started.

article thumbnail

In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Is it really that important that they are autonomous, able to release frequently, interact closely with stakeholders and spend all that time on continuous improvement? However, the sheer effort involved is so gargantuan that this is close to impossible. So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles.

Agile 206
article thumbnail

The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

It provides support and requires compliance through audits, project reviews, and the enforcement of specific practices. Resource Planning and Management The PMO coordinates project and program management processes and manages resources across different projects, including human resources, tools, and technologies. References Aziz, E.

PMO 52
article thumbnail

Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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.