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The FBI Sentinel project had been problem-plagued and had converted over to Agile. The Sentinel project in turn had sprung out of the FBI’s “Virtual Case File” system which was considered a failure. I'm always interested in lessons learned from projects that struggle to be successful.
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July 9, 2011 Bruce Benson
Change Management
In trying to get a handle on improving product performance, we discovered that simple examples were more effective as project management tools than were complex charts and spreadsheets.
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March 29, 2011 Bruce Benson
Communication
Make sure we know what it is we do well, and what we don't do well, so we don't discard our best practices when scrambling to stay afloat.
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February 8, 2011 Bruce Benson
Risk Management
Computing the project cost using our project management tools is a fundamental step in planning a project. Yet, I’ve found that some managers have a tough time when large numbers are involved or it is the first time they’ve ever seen an accurate overall cost of a project.
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November 1, 2010 Bruce Benson
Cost
Studies have found that creative solutions to problems actually decrease under external pressure such as deadlines.
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September 16, 2010 Bruce Benson
Schedule
We had a crisis. Another project had an emergency so we were losing a significant portion of our engineering staff to go work on that project. We had to act now!
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July 13, 2010 Bruce Benson
Risk Management
Initiative as a project management tool is one of those double-edged swords. We often must take the initiative when we lead a project. But what about initiatives that appear insubordinate? Sometimes it is a project management risk worth taking.
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July 6, 2010 Bruce Benson
Risk Management
We've seen project 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 or task early.
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May 3, 2010 Bruce Benson
Schedule
