Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) isn't just about oversight; it's about empowering your projects to deliver real value. With the PMO structure, you can achieve higher success rates, better resource management, and improved stakeholder satisfaction. Don't let your projects be another measurement of failure.

PMO 52

PMO Governance Government 2014 52

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So, picture this: you are transitioning from your current position into a project management career. The industry didn’t matter; it was about translating my work experience into specific project management industry-recognized terms and managing projects. What are the Essential Project Management Buzzwords?

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Herding Cats

MARCH 5, 2017

The common definition of the Definition of Done in agile software development is (mostly from the Scrum Alliance and other official Scrum sites): A simple list of activities (coding, comments, unit testing, integration, release notes, design documents, etc.) Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects.

Software Review 28

Software Review Technical Review Performance Measurement Estimate 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

Without these measures, Done will usually mean we ran out of time and money. . Plans are strategies for success. Strategies are hypotheses. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. Estimating is part of risk management. Estimating is part of risk management.

Estimate 39

Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39

Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

The best starting point for determining the NEEDED precision and accuracy is to determine the Value at Risk. . If I'm risking two weeks of work for the Scrum team of 5 people it's a much different need from the risk of a $10B manned spaceflight program being supported to congress for budget authorization. .

Estimate 46

Estimate Risk Management Risk SCRUM 46

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

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. It can be the cost, schedule, and technical performance measures of the software project. What is the value at risk you are willing to right off if you lose control?

Closing 28

Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Management Processes (#MP). Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Strategy (#Strategy).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42