Risk Management Through the Project In modern life, risk management is a fundamental discipline for success. This does not just apply to work life, or project management but also personal life. Today we are going to discuss the approaches and impacts on the project when there is insufficient attention to the risks to which the […]
I recently spoke at a PMI Chapter in Ballantyne event, well, I say spoke at but we really played a game of planning poker. We divided the group up into groups of four (that is how many suits per deck). There were 5 groups, and I supplied the prompt from which all responses were generated. As expected,the initial prompt produced […]
“The Monitoring and Controlling Process Group consists of those processes required to track, review, and orchestrate the progress and performance of a project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes.”
by: Jon M Quigley There has been some twitter-go-round regarding estimates. Estimates are not always guesses, but very frequently these maybe just that. If we chose not to delude ourselves, we know when we have some substance behind our estimates, that is our estimates are based upon some relevant historical data that allows us to […]
Poke Yoke Jon M Quigley There are a set of tools and techniques that come with developing products for the automotive industry and are part of the Advanced Product Quality Planning for the product. We have written about APQP or some years and have decades of experience in this approach to product development. In general, […]
Expectations of Contractors and Engineers Written by Steven G. Lauck & Jon M. Quigley To ensure the team is working from the same set of expectations, we may develop a document or set of documents that describe those expectations. The work below may help you set up your own documentation on the expectations you have […]
Communication and Project Team Distribution There are times when our business does not have all the requisite talent within the walls of the organization. It is nearly impossible to be fully prepared for every opportunity available, and the business and time investment in expertise that is only transitory seldom passes muster. However, when we build […]
You will find this very difficult to believe, but I recently had a discussion with a person working at another company. This person is responsible for the statistical analysis of the work that other parts of the organization is to perform. Those looking for the information come to this person to make some sense out […]
Flip a coin, heads, or tails. The probability that it will come up heads is 50%; there are only two sides. Flip that same coin again, the same probability, 50%. However, if we say that success is two successive heads (or tails) that is different. The probability of two consecutive heads is the product of […]
Taxonomy of Project Failure – Risks Experience suggests there are many ways to project failure due to our project management actions, this does not include the riskiness of the effort in general that comes with the uncertainty associated with projects – these are not operations. Projects by definition have uncertain components, this is especially true […]