Every businessperson would like their business to be prosperous. The best method to make their business thriving is to efficiently manage resources such as goods and equipment, financial resources, and labor resources such as employees. However, this may pose problems. Making sure one has enough physical resources for one’s business, people are assigned to tasks […]. MORE
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For any closed loop control system ‒ let’s assume we want to manage our project with such a system ‒ has a signal representing the current state of the system. To control this process using feedback and corrective actions ‒ in the same way, your closed loop controller for your air conditioner or heater does - a sampling rate is determined based on the rate of change of the underlying processes. Stochastic process control is the field of study. Closed Loop Control. MORE
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CRM visual controlsI have been exploring techniques to help my Scrum teams become more effective and one of the techniques I've been looking at is Crew Resource Management (CRM). CRM came about because of a number of airplane crashes in the 70s that were attributed to human error. More recently, it is cited as one of the reasons there were no causalities in the US Air flight 1549 (Miracle on the Hudson). One component of Crew Resource Management is Situation Awareness. MORE
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At "herding cats" there a good list of control elements in a posting I read, interesting enough that I offer the short version here: Short term feedback - what's happening right in front of me? What do I need to do NOW to maintain stability, to survive for the next 10 feet on the trail Long term feedback - I see things coming.[project project managers are paid the big bucks to see around corners! Project Management
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For any closed loop control system ‒ let’s assume we want to manage our project with such a system ‒ has a signal representing the current state of the system. To control this process using feedback and corrective actions ‒ in the same way, your closed loop controller for your air conditioner or heater does - a sampling rate is determined based on the rate of change of the underlying processes. Stochastic process control is the field of study. Closed Loop Control.
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This took me back since Scrum is derived from an empirical closed loop control system developed in the USAF by Col. And of course: Assessing the outcomes of the feedforward and feedback loops is the basis of all Closed Loop control system. See link below on Closed Loop Control).
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When riding a single track like this one behind our neighborhood, I came to an understand of the tradeoffs between stability and control. In both cases, nationally ranked and rank amaetur, control of bike is the key. What are those upper and lower control bounds?
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TimeCamp
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Every businessperson would like their business to be prosperous. The best method to make their business thriving is to efficiently manage resources such as goods and equipment, financial resources, and labor resources such as employees. However, this may pose problems. Making sure one has enough physical resources for one’s business, people are assigned to tasks […].
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About This Podcast: Are you feeling that you are out of control of you life? Not sure how to get yourself back in control? Babette Bensoussan, an executive coach, shares here expertise on how to recognise that your life is out of control and how to get it back on track, using a practical 10 step process. […]. The post Podcast 71 – 10 Steps to Seize Control of Your Life appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.
Hydra
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What’s the Difference Between Validate Scope and Control Quality? The focus of validating scope is accepting the deliverables; controlling quality is concerned with the correctness of the deliverables (i.e., The post What’s the Difference Between Validate Scope and Control Quality? meeting the quality requirements for the deliverables). Snippet] appeared first on
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Brett Harned
MARCH 4, 2017
Ground Control Conference will take place on April 21, 2017 in my favorite city in the world, London. I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been working with the fine team at White October Events to produce a brand new conference for people who lead digital projects. And, we'll host a set of pre-conference workshops […]. conferences event
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Deltek is the latest member of the Arras People Software Directory , in this article they give a brief overview of how projects can be controlled and how software can help with this. But what are the right project controls and is there a single method to the implementation madness?
The Digital Project Manager
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Interestingly enough, when Don Reinertsen , who I respect a lot, talks about decentralizing control he uses somewhat different wording. Decentralizing control requires decentralizing both the authority to make decisions and the information required to make these decisions correctly.
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Identify risks when change control is performed. 2=Planning 4=Control Project Risk ManagementSuccessful project managers have a common trait – they identify and manage risks. Let’s look at seven tools and techniques to identify risks. Often project managers start with a splash.
Project Risk Coach
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Your project may morph into a two-headed monster without an integrated change control process, resulting in adverse impacts to schedule, cost, and scope. If your organization has a Project Management Office (PMO), consult this group for standards and change control processes.
Project Risk Coach
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Risk is like fire: If controlled it will help you; if uncontrolled it will rise up and destroy you.” For more help tips, check out my post 12 Questions For Gaining Control of Your Risks. 4=Control control risks
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FEBRUARY 19, 2018
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Project Risk Coach
MARCH 19, 2018
Our best attempts to control fires may not be adequate. 2=Planning 4=Control Project Risk ManagementEarlier I wrote about eights ways to treat risks. One of the risk responses is avoidance.
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Control the Procurements. Furthermore, control the procurements. The project manager can help identify, evaluate, respond to, and control the project risks of using the outside products and services. 2=Planning 4=Control 5=Closing Project Procurement Management
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Who Controls the Management Reserve? The project manager does not have control of the management reserve. It’s controlled by management, most typically the project sponsor or senior management. 2=Planning 4=Control budget
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PMP Sample Questions Earned Value Management (EVM) PMP Formulas Monitoring and Controlling Commonly Confused Concepts Study NotesSchedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI) are Earned Value Management (EVM) measures for project schedule and cost efficiency in project management, and used to assess the.
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