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The funny thing is many problems aren’t big enough to use the fanciest big data solutions. Sure, companies like Google or Yahoo track all of our web browsing; they have data files measured in petabytes or yottabytes. But most companies have data sets that can...
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May 3, 2018 Bruce Benson
Tracking
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The key was that I knew what was normal, what a typical project looked like, how the typical project would play out. This included all the typical problems that would go wrong. Most importantly I knew that given just enough time in the overall schedule, we would have the time to fix any issues.
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February 19, 2015 Bruce Benson
Metrics
No one seemed to see what was going on, and everyone kept saying we were just about done. I just needed a way to measure this monstrosity so we could manage it.
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August 28, 2013 Bruce Benson
Metrics
Everything is perfect ... until it all goes wrong! Huh? This is how we stayed on top of our biggest projects.
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April 18, 2013 Bruce Benson
Metrics
It was a great theory, that our project slowdown was due to having only the most difficult defects remaining, but was that really the case?
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February 23, 2012 Bruce Benson
Metrics
The Dilbert Comic strip is a great example of how to bring about change. Instead, it is about being willing to say, out loud, that we are doing silly things.
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February 21, 2012 Bruce Benson
Change Management
Get out of sync with what everyone else is doing. When our project is not succeeding and we keep doing what was done in the past, we are going to get the same results. The path to improvement often means being disruptive.
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September 7, 2009 Bruce Benson
Change Management
Look into using your existing business systems as part of your project management tools. The business systems used by everyone to do their daily jobs can often provide more current and predictive information than relying solely on our traditional project management tools.
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September 2, 2009 Bruce Benson
Communication, Reporting
This post is adapted from an e-mail I had sent to a CEO who was looking for project management tools to help deliver his products when promised. In the past his organization had successfully been able to know precisely where their product readiness stood. Trending defects will work well in managing projects of all types.
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May 29, 2009 Bruce Benson
Reporting, Schedule
