Agile Project Planning
4 days 7 hours agoAgile planning should be simple. Agile embraces flexibility, adaptability, and incremental delivery. Therefore, planning processes are designed to be lightweight and time-efficient.
Many organizations struggle with Agile planning. Remnants of the predictive project mindset are often the culprits. The result is impractical plans, wasted effort, and compromised
New Feature in Primavera P6 Professional v. 21: Showing Backward/Forward Activity Critical Paths
2 weeks 5 days agoPrimavera P6 Professional version 21 introduces a powerful new feature that allows you to highlight different types of critical paths – making it easier than ever to analyze project schedules from multiple perspectives.
Let’s walk through how this feature works using a simple project example.
Generate a Report in Primavera P6 containing Baseline Details for Multiple Projects in a Portolio
3 weeks 2 days agoIf you manage a portfolio of projects in Primavera P6 and would like to geenrate a report that shows the baseline details for multiple projects in the portfolio, then you might find the steps outlined in this video useful. The report shows the following details (grouped by original project name, i.e., the original project on which the baseline was created.
- Baseline Name: This is the
Group Tasks by Dates in Microsoft Project
4 weeks 4 days agoThe default method of grouping tasks in Microsoft Project by Summary Tasks (WBS) works perfectly well for lookahead schedules, however adding another lookahead schedule View with tasks group by dates can be useful to the project team
Creating Accountability
5 weeks 2 days agoAt the beginning of my project management classes, I ask participants if they have any big, burning questions. Accountability always tops the list. Project managers face challenges when team members do not complete assignments on time or when stakeholders delay critical decisions.
I empathize. Getting people to do what is needed on time is a perennial
Reports of Agile’s Death are Exaggerated
9 weeks 3 days agoAmid swirling rumors that Mark Twain was gravely ill, a journalist wrote to inquire about his health. The ever-witty Twain responded, “Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Numerous articles, videos, and blog posts have declared, “Agile is dead!” Agile is not dead; it is evolving.
Agile is an Idea
Agile is an idea. Ideas don’t die—people do. An
Earned Work: Measuring Project Performance
22 weeks 2 days agoEarned Work Management is a lightweight, approach-agnostic project performance measurement system that supports Waterfall, Scrum, and Kanban. This allows organizations employing different project approaches to measure project portfolio performance consistently.
Earned Work (EWM) measures project performance by analyzing Planned Work (PW) and completed or Earned Work (EW). Work is defined
Intentional Project Management
27 weeks 22 hours agoMeteorologists are better at predicting the weather than project managers are at delivering projects. About a third of projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with the desired scope. By contrast, a seven-day forecast is accurate about
Scaling Your Project Management Career
31 weeks 3 hours agoProject managers ascend the career ladder based on accumulated experience-derived wisdom and managing progressively larger and more complicated efforts. A typical trajectory involves moving from managing projects to programs, portfolios, and project management organizations. Success at one level is not a guarantee of success at the next. It is the classic case
Are We Aligned?
35 weeks 1 day agoStakeholder alignment—or lack thereof—can be the difference between project success and failure. In today’s dynamic business environment, projects face multiple stakeholders and constituencies. Often, these groups have competing or divergent interests.
Project managers often focus on the “hard skills” to ensure adherence to the triple constraints of scope, schedule, and cost.
