Contents tagged with goals2004_ProjectManagement
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Tips for effective communication
Communication is a really inefficient activity and that's because it takes a lot of effort to do it well. This can also be exacerbated when in an environment with mixed cultures where participants may find the "listening" part of communicating a greater burden. Additionally, there are environmental modifiers that can affect the likelihood of having good communication such as: noisy environment, people who are tired or irritated, unsuitable venue, unsuitable timing, etc. Here's some tips that I have for increasing the likelihood of having a successful session of communication&
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Some golden rules to adhere by when thinking about features
When we started doing a spec for ProjectDistributor Justin and I had some long chats about what features we wanted in and how they would be implemented. In fact, there were dozens of features that we discussed and, as we progressed we found that we needed a better methodology for quickly deciding whether features would be winners or losers. Additionally, we needed a better way to describe new features to one another so that we didn't waste cycles trying to understand what the other person was trying to say.
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You don't need to have a deathmarch
When creating project plans make sure that you define some interim milestones for the development phase. Interim milestones allow the development team to see measurable progress and provide key stakeholders with visibility about the progress of the project. Interim deliverables are also used to keep bottlenecks to a minimum and to reduce complexity when it comes to things such as testing and regression testing.
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The Colonel Kurtz Project
Patricks Cooney, theorizes over a new project management orthodoxy...http://www.patrickcooney.com/weblog.aspx?i=61
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Taskpath
At an interview the other day I was asked to describe what type of person I am. After a brief pause for thought I replied that I'm a task-oriented person. It's true; I am. I'm sure that that's why I love projects so much - you jump on a project, execute a series of tasks and then you are at the end.