October 01, 2005
Hello, my name is Brian and I did not plan
Last week was a tough week. The week started off with me reading Bryan's first article for us: The Art of Planning. I thought it was a great article and a good way to kick off his series of insights...
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May 28, 2005
Follow-up: Decisions and Opinions
Over the last couple of weeks, there have been several blog posts from my colleagues that I have wanted to comment upon with more than just an on site comment. My next several blogs will comment on these past articles. Decisions and Opinions by Jason Boyd
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May 14, 2005
Milestones and Celebrations
I attended a college graduation ceremony for one of my young cousins today. Barely into the 4 hour ceremony, I asked myself why we go through "Pomp and Circumstance" when we graduate from school. This is the same question I asked myself at my own graduation years ago. I decided then that it was silly. I didn't even want to attend, to be honest. I knew the graduation represented a celebration of an accomplishment (earning a degree), but I...
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May 03, 2005
Project Management by Executive Meeting
I was reminded again this week about my favorite project management technique for bringing a project that is starting to slip back on-track. The scenario goes like this: a project is defined by the business, and the management sets a deadline for the project. The project team creates a project plan around the deadline (not around the realistic and achievable end date), but because the project plan was forced to fit into the schedule, there...
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April 12, 2005
Wish Statements
Businesses are consumed with making their operations as efficient as possible. This is a reasonable thing to assume and expect a business to do. After all the thought goes, if we can accomplish more with the same amount of resources as normal, the company as a whole would be better off . As obviously true as this is, there is a line of thinking that says that this attitude is counter-productive to a company and to projects. I will explore...
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February 22, 2005
The Delicate Balance
Every LIMS project delicately balances schedule, quality, and resources (costs). Project managers know implicitly that affecting any one of the project elements will affect another. Reducing resources will affect either quality or schedule. Adding quality may increase the resource needs or schedule (or likely both). Every project experiences change and forces project managers to make a decision. That decision should be based on the...
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February 08, 2005
Project Manager Qualifications
How many projects have you seen where a person had the title of 'project manager' or 'project lead'? How many of those individuals have been able to effectively lead the project? Did that project or project segment get implemented successfully? Too many times unqualified and untrained resources are given the title and role of project manager and asked to bring a project to completion successfully.
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