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The Epistemological Year in Review: Top Ten Posts of 2011
Since it’s that time of the year, here’s a quick list of the top ten blog posts (on this blog) from 2011. A quick note about the methodology (or lack thereof)….top posts were determined to be so based on the … Continue reading
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Defining an Update Methodology (Part V)
This post wraps up the discussion on developing update methodologies. The first three posts addressed some of the basic principles of updating schedules as well as some of the specific mechanical elements within the Microsoft Project desktop client. The last … Continue reading
Defining an Update Methodology (Part IV)
Continuing in an ongoing discussion on defining an update methodology….in this episode, I’d like to talk about a couple of scenarios specific to IT. Tomorrow, I’ll talk about construction. The general concept is to introduce two diametrically opposite update methodologies … Continue reading
Defining an Update Methodology (Part III)
This is the third post in a short series on determining an appropriate enterprise-wide project update methodology….or actually, just determining an appropriate project update methodology – as what I am writing about could be implemented on a single project just … Continue reading
Defining an Update Methodology (Part II)
In that last post, I talked about some of the basic considerations in defining a schedule update methodology, and in ascertaining whether or not a process is fit for purpose. In this post, I’d like to continue that discussion and … Continue reading
Defining an Update Methodology (Part I)
Every organization has a different level of scheduling maturity, and it’s rare that this scheduling maturity is homogenous across the entire group of schedulers. Some are invariably more advanced than others, which necessitates almost a sliding scale of process definition … Continue reading
Prepopulating EPT Custom Fields in Project Server 2010
I figured that I’ve been focusing on issues of process and strategy for a while, and it was probably time to get back into the mundane world of technical delivery for a post or two. Variety, after all, is the … Continue reading
From Strategic Outcome Management to Management of Outcomes
Another post in my process of digesting the outcomes of the recent PMO Symposium held in early November in Orlando… As a result of attending this conference, I’ve been spending some time of late thinking about the nature of “strategy” … Continue reading
Two More Reasons to be In Phoenix in March
Well, I’m both excited and honored to be delivering two presentations at the upcoming 2012 Project Conference… Unleashing the Value of Earned Value: Applying Schedule and Cost Controls to Measure Project Performance Turning Project Data into Real World Reports: An … Continue reading
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The Importance of Cost Abstraction (Part II)
In that last post, I talked about what cost abstraction is and claimed that it’s been going on in project management since times immemorial. In this post, I’d like to take a look at why we practice cost abstraction, and … Continue reading
