A Common Sense Approach to Managing Risk
This weekend I was teaching Project Risk and Opportunity Management at Santa Clara University in the graduate engineering school. As …
This weekend I was teaching Project Risk and Opportunity Management at Santa Clara University in the graduate engineering school. As …
In today’s fast-moving economy, success depends on embracing the future rather than repeating the past – taking time to extract …
Unintended consequences? I certainly would agree with anyone who tells me there are appropriate circumstances and projects for outsourcing, whether …
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Managing outsourced work: can that project be saved? An experienced, well-trained project manager is not enough to guarantee an outsourced …
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Managing outsourced work Now that you’ve made your decision, picked a supplier, and written a contract, just kick back and …
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A few more things to do before making the outsourcing decision: 3. Create a Request for Proposal (RFP) that describes, …
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A company that has its own software development capability is driven to outsource software development in an attempt to save …
Welcome back to blog # 5 in the series. Today, for project management, we are going to look at a …
Welcome back, everyone for blog # 3: the fresh and refreshing perspective series. If you have expectations and assumptions about …
PROJECT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES TO AVOID CAREER LIMITING MOVES – PART 3 of 3 Jeff Schlageter President, Project Acceleration [email protected] …
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES To AVOID CAREER LIMITING MOVES – PART 2 of 3 Jeff Schlageter President, Project Acceleration [email protected] …
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So what is the result? Today, usually only one team member has spoken directly with a customer, and this understanding …
Agile project team values and their embodiment in actual practice are highly subject to personal interpretation on the parts of …
Attribute Results to Processes This may be the most controversial point, but in my opinion it is aligned with the …
Inspection is a Tool for Improvement, Not a Whip Deming’s third point urges practitioners to design quality into processes, using …
I have a friend (let’s call him Andy) who used to work for me and was a good engineer. He …
Do you recognize that your current project is late, but you haven’t taken steps necessary to rescue it, except for …
Has requirements creep become a requirements stampede in your organization? This is a major pain point for project management professionals; …
Is your Vice President ambitious and overwhelming your department with new project work? I understand the frustration of having an …
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