Below is an excerpt from our book, Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems for those that believe the “V” model means single pass product development (as if) – think again! This book has a significant automotive perspective, complex, highly tooled machines that must meet and government regulations. Embedded Development Overview[1] Embedded software development […]
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Why Statistics and Control Are Important to the Project Manager More from the TQM and Project Management [1] One of the purposes of statistical analysis lies in its ability to discern random variation from non-random (or “controllable”) variation. Random variation is extremely difficult to control, although we have seen situations where variance could be […]
Introduction We continue our Total Quality Management for Project Management and the PMO. TQM can help us with the planning of the project giving us some measure of historical performance from which we can learn. However, it is not just the planning that can be aided by TQM, but also the strategy we intend to […]
Below is an excerpt from our book, Total Quality Management for Project Management[1] Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot […]
There are limits to the decomposition, and for conventional projects where monitoring may be less routine (meaning not every day), it is in our best interest to decompose as far as possible to make answering any question about the status simple, yes or no rather than some vague estimate of completion (30% complete based upon […]
We take a brief turn from our previous agile posting and divert to Total Quality Management tools applied to conventional Project Management with an excerpt from our book by that title. Consider our company has outsourced a significant portion of our project to a supplier, and in our evaluation of the risks via our Risk […]
We have long taken the position that a discussion of scrum and conventional project methods should not be combative or mutually exclusive. Both of these approaches have something to offer. Each has strengths that when mapped to your organization and situation, can improve your chances of a successful project delivery. It is even possible to […]
Product development work has variation brought on by the product, as well as the organization. Though there are many approaches out there, prescriptions that are based upon the type of organization or the type of product. These approaches may have some relevance but ultimately things are not so easy to allow a prescription, “take two […]
Some companies offer perks to their employees, a reward for sticking out with the company. After all, in some cases the company invests considerable time and money into employee development. The company may pay to move them. The company will spend some money on training the employee in the ways of the organization. I […]
We have grand aspirations for this portion of the site. We provide a review of Value Transformation’s growing Product Development University. This online training area will have many topics on product development explained, such as agile, project management, product testing and many more. Everything from the idea (cradle) through manufacturing and finally the end […]
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