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By: Three Ways Project Management Estimates Fail And How To Avoid Them | Project Management Tools That Work

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:18:38 +0000

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By: Your Team Really Can Do A Great Job | Project Management Tools That Work

Your Team Really Can Do A Great Job | Project Management Tools That Work — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:14:31 +0000

[...] 2. Management expected that new products could be produced in less time than it was currently taking. While the organization had often in the past admitted it was taking six quarters to develop a new product, management had consistently committed to new products in the four to five quarter time frame. This resulted in an average delivery date of 3.5 months late, with none on time. Once we aligned our commitments with the current capabilities of the organization, we started to deliver on time with significantly improved quality. After we achieved a major delivery on time, just about all subsequent products delivered off that line were on time and got recognition from our customers for being on time with good quality. It was not the case that success required the shorter time as assumed by management. Instead, the ability to deliver when promised was most critical to our customers. (For more on how we did this see Get The Project Management Tool Schedule Right!) [...]

By: One Key Secret for Improving Project Management – Just Do It! | Project Management Tools That Work

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:53:06 +0000

[...] earlier, my advantage was I had analyzed the overall schedule and milestones of past products (see Get The Project Management Schedule Right) and knew in high level terms how it was to progress. I also knew where we needed to be in the [...]

By: Knowing Your Project Management Average Is Powerful! | Project Management Tools That Work

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:14:00 +0000

[...] will get resolved (.95 * 25 = 23.75 defects resolved). (For applying this tool to schedules, see getting the project management tool schedule right. For more on managing defects with this tool, see project management tool defect reports are your [...]

By: In Project Management 9+3 Is Not 12 | Project Management Tools That Work

In Project Management 9+3 Is Not 12 | Project Management Tools That Work — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:48:37 +0000

[...] how long a project will take. This we usually found from historical records of past projects (see getting the project schedule right). It was not uncommon to hear “we average a few months” to deliver a product turn out [...]