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Tactical Project Management presents:
In this October 22, 2009 issue:
- Assessing Troubled Projects : Schedule Assessment
- Nightmare on PM Street
- Project Estimation: How to use project data to develop a better estimation matrix
- Book Recommendation: Managing Complex Products: A New Model
Assessing Troubled Projects : Schedule Assessment
I was recently asked to join a troubled program as a program management consultant. The program has 8 major workstreams and the team recently developed an integrated Microsoft Project schedule with new launch dates. The program launch date had several times before and this was the final attempt to deliver the program with the new round of funding. The project team was confident the project schedule for 3500 tasks was realistic and on schedule to deliver.
In order to assess the project's schedule status, I wanted to review the integrated project schedule to answer 3 key questions. You can read about the 3 key questions and how I quickly assesses the troubled projects status at:
Nightmare on PM Street
Have you ever been on a nightmare project? I think we all have experienced one or two projects that make you shudder when you remember them. Here is my recent article on one of my key project nightmares and what could have been done better.
Project Estimation Matrix
During project closure, do you look back at your actual project duration and compare it against your baseline duration? I recently published two articles on TechRepublic about tracking key deliverables and refining your esitmation matrix at the end of a project. Check them out at:
How to use project data to develop a better estimation matrix
How to export project data for future effort estimation
Book Recommendation: Managing Complex Projects A New Model
I attended the PMI Congress in Orlando earlier this month and the PMI Book of the Year was Kathleen Hass's book Managing Complex Projects: A New Model. If PMI found it to be the book of the year, it is surely worth considering!I hope you found this newsletter useful and feel free to contact me with your project management questions!
Thanks!
Andy Makar
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