Estimating Activity Durations
What is an estimate of activity duration? An activity duration estimate is an evaluation of how long will be needed to actually perform an activity. […]
Best Practices
Products in Projects 1 comment
What is a “product” in a project? Basic rule of thumb: a product is something tangible (hold, touch & feel). Software and electronic documents are […]
Tom Peters on Project Management
Best-selling business author Tom Peters was recently the keynote speaker at PMI’s Leadership Institute Meeting (LIM). Among the wisdom he shared with the audience: If you […]
What are Project Exclusions?
What would be an example of a project exclusions in a project initiation document in project management? When I look it up I’m told things that […]
The Art of the Agile Retrospective 1 comment
Lessons learned have always been an important part of project management, but their visibility has increased even further as part of Agile methodologies, in the […]
Understanding the Value of CAPM Certification
When I was getting starting in project management, PMI was about 3% of the size it is today. Its national profile was small, and its […]
Microsoft Project schedule takes too long to update?
Earlier this year I worked with a client to develop an initial Microsoft Project schedule for a cross-functional multi-organizational project. I felt the schedule was […]
Build Your WBS One Block at a Time 3 comments
Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) Your project’s WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is comprised of simple boxes and lines. It’s easy to forget that these basic […]