By Eugenio, on January 28th, 2010
Delivering the correct solution to the business is the end of the project. However, it introduces a new order of obligations. Thereby, there is a strategic necessity to bridge and synchronize the program / project activities and the business operations. This has to be started at the project’s initiation with a better fitted Business Case.
A [...]
By Eugenio, on January 26th, 2010
The physical feasibility (e.g. technology, capacity or capability) is the primary source of risks. The management’s wrong judgment of the former is the second one.
From this premise, the Business Case should univocally establish the “owner” of the solution. Therefore, this declaration cannot be left the orphan .This means that level of the producing organization’ mastery of the technology / production’s process / capacity has to be indicated as one of the key elements on which the strategy has been [...]
By Eugenio, on November 26th, 2009
Prince2 template: End stage/project procedure 1.0.0
This is an articulate list (in its first version) of actions to be carried through for being sure that all the efforts will yield the promises made in the Business Case. It is based on Prince2 and includes some PMBooks concepts.
Template size and quantity
The frameworks are [...]
By Eugenio, on November 23rd, 2009
Templates are one of the most tangible things of the governance. They are conceived as the interfaces to operate the system. There are many sorts of tools for collecting data and release information. The
Vision and fun
The people are still the most important resource of the project. However, a project cannot be manned by a bunch [...]
By Eugenio, on November 18th, 2009
Tailoring a methodology involves the availability of some good fabric. Using internet and weaving home-made stuff for making nice canvasses where plans are designed does not sound reasonable. With the same logic, the supposition: “one size fits all” is a futile, if not dangerous, attempt of standardizing that has not properly investigated; it sounds like to order heavy boots and hard hats to acrobats for the sake of the standard safety [...]
By Eugenio, on November 17th, 2009
Available templates
Product Breakdown Structure
Calibrating tools
The PMO could be a source of risk. Especially when the good willingness does not include a greater dose of humility in listening and screening what the people feel about the project.
Tackling the “scope creep”
The pure fact of having set one or more processes for checking that every effort is spent [...]
By Eugenio, on November 16th, 2009
The production of information within the project is a matter that is almost outreaching of the Project Manager capabilities. Any stakeholder is a source of production and a destination of data; therefore, the necessity of validating the data becomes of paramount importance. In fact, the credibility of the Project Manager depends upon the quality (reliability) of the information released with the official imprimatur. [...]
By Eugenio, on November 12th, 2009
Available Templates:
Configuration Item Management Register:
This document describes the logic of the process of storing any project’s product. The process of storing is mainly focused on the availability of the correct item. Therefore, this information is apt to understand both its readiness and the organizational aspects that produced it.
“Playing” communication
There is an excellent post about the [...]
By Eugenio, on November 11th, 2009
Working on templates requires a certain dose of system-centric attitude. However, tools are built for being used by colleagues. This means that every instrument (with its set of rules) fits with the others, this to form an elastic structure that allows any user (producer or consumer) to find his/her hand with the [...]
By Eugenio, on November 10th, 2009
Tools like “IM” can increase the speed of transmission and then improve the sensation of mimicking a conversation; however, when the information is left to each person’s memory, it has lost most of its [...]