I have been reading some Twitter and LinkedIn post from numerous, but especially Mario Lucero, about multiple product owners, and product owners and scrum masters with multiple projects and the like. I have not seen any studies on this, but experience tells me a significant obstacle to project success is the diffusion of the available […]
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By Jon M Quigley We have discussed the Failure Mode Effects technique a few times in the past. Though Failure Mode Effects and analysis seems to be a powerful tool, the problem is you do not know if the FMEA is effective and perhaps you will never know. The Failure Mode Effects Analysis tool, theoretically, allows […]
There are many out there who are vehement in their support of agile over conventional project methods, as if success hinged on adopting only one of these over the other. The truth is, project management is not operations, and you will find yourself in situations where one or the other will not work. One of […]
One of the benefits of agile, at least in theory, is the single product owner. In conventional projects we can have many people in the position of the product sponsor or product owner. These multiple voices can provide contradictions in which our product development team must wade through to determine the real requirements. Experience indicates […]
Testing and Repeat-ability Repeat-ability of testing results is important to establishing cause and corrective actions. If it is not possible to repeat the sequence of events leading to a failure, it is not possible to replicate and therefore difficult solve the cause of the fault or failure. The steps that evoked the problem are necessary […]
by Jon M. Quigley and Kim L. Robertson Words have specific meanings across all industries sectors which allow us to decode what is said by another and come to some understanding. This is a very important activity, as without effective communication not much will happen in a collaborative setting. Waiver: After it is manufactured it […]
Gates in Project Management In conventional project management, also referred to as staged gate methodology, we will find gates. Each gate provides a way point or check point upon which subsequent work will build. Each gate has a targeted expected set of objectives to reach and to answer before moving on to subsequent work. Each […]
By: Kim L. Robertson and Jon M. Quigley Pragmatic and Agile Sometime back, I wrote a brief rant on the use of the word pragmatic. I had seen the word hijacked by executives to justify what could be characterized as a reckless product launch. Reduce or minimize testing, just get the product to market, and […]
Risk Management Class The course will train managers how to use assessment and prioritization techniques in creating a risk management plan. The course will also cover ways to evoke the potential risks from a team, and how to objectively assess the impact.
Scope Change and Failure Change happens in that there can be no doubt. Projects must contend with this pitching deck of an operating environment while achieving the end objective. A significant negative impact can be change. Even controlled change can have a detrimental effect on the project success. To fit the classification of controlled change […]