status-report Archive
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Project stakeholder satisfaction
Posted on April 19, 2010 | No CommentsDo you track stakeholder satisfaction during your project? Besides the sponsor, have you identified any other stakeholders worth consulting? Identifying and engaging your stakeholders can position your project for success. Read on for insights into stakeholder engagement. … … “One of the best ways to... -
Real-Time Project Events: Your Buns are Cooked
Posted on June 9, 2009 | No CommentsHere’s creative use of twitter for business. Think about the event-driven project, real-time status, and transparency. … … “All of the baker’s followers get a Twitter alert to tell them that it’s bun-time. Or bread time. Or whatever. ” … Via Baker Tweet: Tweet What’s... -
Data Speaks, Not Necessarily
Posted on September 16, 2007 | No CommentsThe truth is out there. Where? Who knows? Surely the project manager’s earned value spreadsheet. … … “The most politically savvy employee with the most persuasive arguments – and not necessarily the employee with the most accurate information or most insightful analysis – is deemed... -
Project Early Warning System
Posted on July 19, 2007 | No CommentsIf we can detect project problems early, we can resolve them. What’s your best indicator? Scope quality, SPI / CPI, QA results? … … “In general, the earlier you spot trouble, the easier it is to do something positive about it – anything from making... -
5 Lessons in Leadership
Posted on June 20, 2006 | No CommentsThe following Lessons in Leadership were originally presented at a recent CIO Leadership Conference but are also applicable to PM’s: 10. Failure is not an option (as per Apollo 13′s project leader Gene Krantz) 9. The kind of organization you are in determines the kind... -
One-Page Project Status Report; Keeping it Brief
Posted on June 17, 2006 | No CommentsThere’s a great writeup in Projects@Work about project status reports, including tips on meeting format and frequency as well as a format for a one-page status report. According to the article, there are 5 Project Status Best Practices: Consistency — The status process should be... -
Business Agility: IT Proactive Partner …
Posted on March 9, 2006 | No CommentsTo support the need for business agility, IT must be a proactive partner in engaging with the business. Todd R. Weiss covers the theme at the Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders conference. … … “Bringing in new technology ideas — and sharing those ideas early... -
ITIL: Proactive Problem Resolution through Problem Review Board …
Posted on December 28, 2005 | No CommentsIncident management systems are a tremendous source of data for proactive elimination of problem root causes. Want to have a significant impact on your IT organization’s performance. Combine the problem volume data with effort hours to generate a pareto analysis of effort intensity of incidents.... -
Project Status Reports; Simpler is Better
Posted on December 24, 2005 | No CommentsNEED THE INFOThere’s a good article in Computerworld about project progress reports. The key lessons are to know your audience, including what they want to see, how they want to receive the information, and how frequently they want to see it. There’s no “one size... -
Planning for Project Initiation
Posted on October 8, 2005 | No CommentsHere’s another of those questions that comes up during consulting engagements, particularly those where resource planning is an important management process.Many organisations have a formal point at which a project is recognised as being part of the portfolio. Once a project is recognised as being...
