<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss
version="2.0"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
><channel><title>Project Management Tools That Work &#187; Schedule</title> <atom:link href="http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/category/schedule/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com</link> <description>Getting to On-Time Software Projects</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:34:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>In Project Management 9+3 Is Not Equal To 12</title><link>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/project-management-9-plus-3-is-not-equal-to-12/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=project-management-9-plus-3-is-not-equal-to-12</link> <comments>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/project-management-9-plus-3-is-not-equal-to-12/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:35:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bruce Benson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Schedule]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benson's Bylaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Estimation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parkinson's Law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scrum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Waterfall]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=1040</guid> <description><![CDATA[We know that throwing additional resources at an already late project rarely makes the project run on time.  Often it only makes it run later.  Similarly, going with an aggressive schedule for the purpose of actually hitting a later date is equally counterproductive. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/project-management-9-plus-3-is-not-equal-to-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Three Reasons Not To Finish A Project Early</title><link>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/3-reasons-not-to-finish-a-project-early/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=3-reasons-not-to-finish-a-project-early</link> <comments>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/3-reasons-not-to-finish-a-project-early/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bruce Benson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Schedule]]></category> <category><![CDATA[On-Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Project Management Tools]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=1002</guid> <description><![CDATA[We've seen project management tool reports where the team bragged "and we finished early!"  Kind of like it was a badge of honor or something.  Here are three good reasons we've found for not wanting to finish a project early.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/3-reasons-not-to-finish-a-project-early/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>You Really Can Know If Your Project Estimates Are Accurate</title><link>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/you-can-know-if-your-project-estimates-are-accurate/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=you-can-know-if-your-project-estimates-are-accurate</link> <comments>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/you-can-know-if-your-project-estimates-are-accurate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:46:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bruce Benson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Schedule]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Accuracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Estimation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Project Management Tools]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=752</guid> <description><![CDATA[The bottom line is that you can know if your project management tool estimating is accurate.  More to the point, estimating in a project can be verifiably accurate.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/you-can-know-if-your-project-estimates-are-accurate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Getting The Schedule Right Is Hard! But Not For The Obvious Reasons.</title><link>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/getting-the-schedule-right-is-hard/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=getting-the-schedule-right-is-hard</link> <comments>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/getting-the-schedule-right-is-hard/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:39:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bruce Benson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Schedule]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quality]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=530</guid> <description><![CDATA[We had a great discussion on LinkedIn on the article The One Key Step For Successful Project Improvements.  The discussion strayed into a topic near and dear to me, which is how do we get a good estimate of an overall project schedule. I am going to reproduce part of the discussion below in this [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/getting-the-schedule-right-is-hard/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is Your Project Management On Steroids?  Maybe You Should Kick The Habit!</title><link>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/project-management-on-steroids-kick-the-habit/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=project-management-on-steroids-kick-the-habit</link> <comments>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/project-management-on-steroids-kick-the-habit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:47:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bruce Benson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Schedule]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Estimation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monte Carlo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[On-Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Project Management Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Six Sigma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software Defects]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=444</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are some great project management tool techniques such as Six Sigma and Monte Carlo that can boost your productivity.  Sometimes these techniques, if used too early, may be too strong a medicine for your organization.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/project-management-on-steroids-kick-the-habit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Minified using disk
Page Caching using disk (user agent is rejected)
Database Caching 11/23 queries in 0.051 seconds using disk

Served from: pmtoolsthatwork.com @ 2010-09-09 23:26:32 -->