Prince2 2009

By On May 16, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Prince2

Since its creation in 1996 Prince has been through 2 incremental changes with the last one being in 2005, these mostly consisted of corrections to the manual and some minor changes. The recent change now known as Prince2 2009 (I lost a bet in the hope it would be called Prince3) represents a major change in [...]

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Creating Decision Space

By On May 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Personal Effectiveness, Project Management

Many times the road to ruin begins with the phrase “I was just thinking we could…..” it at this point that the desire to please coupled with not wanting appear to be unable to cope that Project Manager just agrees without understanding the implications the project.

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Agile Development in a Commercial Organisation

By On May 4, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Agile, Project Management, Software Development

“100 grand spent on half finished software is worth nothing” This statement sums up the problem with conventional long cycle development, In the current commercial environment the ability to change focus and deliver value is more critical than ever. Agile development will allow a company to Having been an advocate of Agile development and project [...]

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Project Start Up – Feasibility Study – Outline

By On February 26, 2009 · 3 Comments · In Project Management

In the initial stages of a project once the original idea has been voiced and gained momentum to potentially become a project what is the next step that almost all projects go through and all projects should?

The Feasibility Study

We will look at this in [...]

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Time/Action Management

By On September 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal Effectiveness

Unfortunately we are unable to manage time and it is once you realise that the only thing you can manage is both others and your own actions. David Allan of GTD fame put it well when he said:

“You can’t manage time, it just is. So “time management” is a [...]

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Outsourced Software – Risk Management

By On August 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Project Management, Software Development

 

The quality of outsourced software is often the largest block stopping company’s from using this as part of their long term development plan, or even for undertaking medium to small developments.

In reality the risks are the same as with any local [...]

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Projects in Exception

By On July 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Project Management, Risk Managment

 

Working in project recovery it very quickly becomes apparent that the majority of these projects are in their present situation as a result of misinformation and the mistrust that grows from it. If there is an intention to save the project there are some fundamental steps that need to [...]

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