Sat.Sep 09, 2017

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The Effective Way To Getting Better Lessons Learned

Project-Management.pm

Lessons learned are the set of learning acquired from the project from beginning to end. It is usually documented at the project’s closing stage, but it can be documented at any stage of the process. Lessons learned help project teams to be more aware of the risk and threats that undermine the project and also aid them in creating a course of action should the same issues or situations come back in the future projects.

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Building the "Perfect" Schedule

Herding Cats

I'm working on a presentation and discussion for the Joint Space Cost Council that is happening in September. Our topic is about the integration of multiple IPT (Integrated Product Teams) and how to coordinate all the work into an Integrated Master Schedule. This type of business structure is typical for large space and defense programs as well as large construction and infrastructure projects.

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Organization by coercion

Musings on Project Management

"It is impossible to organize an army solely by coercion. At least some of the commanders and soldiers must believe in something." From the book "Sapiens" by Harari. Fair enough Now, consider that wisdom rewritten in project team terms: It is impossible to organize a team, and expect productive outcomes, solely by top-down direction. At lease some of the team leaders and team members.

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