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Category Archives: planning
PPM Operational Flows
A Portfolio Project Management (PPM) function will consider implementing operational work flows similar to this list: Identify Metrics for tracking all PPM data and processes Produce a Dashboard of current Metrics Measure PPM Process Compliance to published processes (SOP’s) Evaluate PPM Process Compliance metrics and recommend mitigation steps New Work Request Submission process and dataContinue reading “PPM Operational Flows”
My Mission Today
What is your mission? Today is January 11, 2023. I turned 76 this passed November and I remember when I tried to retire back when I was around 64 – 65. Retirement was brief (just days really), awful, boring, and drove me nuts – more nuts than my usual “nuts”. My Mission has had manyContinue reading “My Mission Today”
How Many P’s in Your PMO?
Many years ago, I decided that we should not limit ourselves to only three PMOs: Portfolio Management Office Program Management Office Project Management Office Even though these were very obvious and have immediate value to those who sought more management for these functions, I still thought there could be MORE. I started writing notes aboutContinue reading “How Many P’s in Your PMO?”
Do you Have an Agenda
If you are scheduling or holding a meeting and you DON’T have an Agenda, then I suggest you cancel your meeting and prepare an agenda ASAP. Usually, there are people who are interested in the outcome of a meeting who will contribute to the items that they would like to have ON the agenda soContinue reading “Do you Have an Agenda”
More Agilist Questions
Based on my earliest interviews, I have added some new questions to my interview plans: How much do you rely on this Manifesto for your daily work? Are there budgets assigned to Projects or development efforts? How are they tracked, reported, projected? Integration Engineer Software Engineer Application / Infrastructure Architect What do yo use inContinue reading “More Agilist Questions”
A Questionnaire for Agilists
I am working on another written piece where the “working title” is “The Agilist: A Series of Perspectives”. So far I have interviewed several folks who call themselves “Agilists” and I am collecting their thoughts and forming an impression of how I want to write about this new Job Title / Skill set. Here isContinue reading “A Questionnaire for Agilists”
Project Management Handbook Introduction
I have been in Information Technology (IT) since before it was called IT! At the beginning of my technology-based career, our groups or departments were typically referred to as “Electronic Data Processing” using “Electronic Accounting Machines” and the media for the data that was processed in the accounting machines was punched cards that were eitherContinue reading “Project Management Handbook Introduction”
Space: The Old – New Frontier
Are you working for a company that still has leased or owned space that is underutilized? Are you concerned for the financial viability of your company while they continue to pay for / maintain their unused office space? What do you think you and your company could do with this space that would relieve someContinue reading “Space: The Old – New Frontier”
SCRUM / Sprint Sequencing
Data and application processing evolve. Each of these application components starts at a certain stage in their life cycle and change as the rest of the application’s capabilities mature. Putting order to the Sequence of Sprints in an Application Development project could take advantage of these evolutionary cycles in order to implement a scope ofContinue reading “SCRUM / Sprint Sequencing”
