Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Why do you think projects are still late and over budget when professional project management techniques have been around for years? About my interviewee: Mark Woeppel is founder and president of Pinnacle Strategies, an international management consulting firm working to improve operations performance in project management and processes.
Teamweek
JANUARY 22, 2024
Example #1: Postponing deadlines in a consulting team Let’s say that in the middle of a project, a consulting team loses a team member because of an emergency. So the consultancy and the client decide to postpone the project deadline so that other members with similar skills can take up the tasks of the missing team member later.
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Epicflow Blog
JULY 17, 2020
Sometimes projects are interdependent, which is why considering all their details including task, resource, and budget levels are of crucial importance. . Managing Budget. You should be armed with special functionalities in your software to be able to manage not only time but also budget constraints. Bubble Graph’s Budget View.
MPUG
JANUARY 4, 2021
It’s accompanied by a flourishing consulting industry eager to sell the latest management fad to anyone with a heartbeat and willingness to listen. Critical Path, Resource Critical Path, Critical Chain, Earned Value, Earned Work, etc.) Consulting firms knew how to maximize their profits in the 1990’s!
LiquidPlanner
AUGUST 24, 2017
Critical Chain by Dr. Eliyahu M. Management consultants Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson borrow from Goldratt’s storytelling concept to explore the advantages of using Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma together. Further Reading: 5 Reasons Engineers Need to Learn Project Management Skills]. Dr. Eliyahu M.
Epicflow Blog
APRIL 29, 2022
analyzing historical data, consulting stakeholders and team members, modeling and simulations. organizational risk (resources, budget, logistics, etc.); . It’s an improved version of a Fever Chart and shows the remaining time and budget, so you can always check if there are any risks of missing due dates or going over the budget. .
Epicflow Blog
APRIL 25, 2024
“I remember being invited by the Olympic Committee of a country to consult on their planning for the Games. When buffers are made visible, trust is crucial; without it, their presence can reinforce negative stereotypes, painting them as budget inflators rather than strategic tools.
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