An issue I sometimes come across is that clients aren’t always able to get the level of transparency from the developer they need in order for Agile processes to work as designed. It’s not always easy, for instance, to pin a developer and his team down to daily 15 minute meetings, and that perhaps, is [...]

Over the past year, I’ve worked with a bunch of clients looking to translate their ideas into something others - specifically, their developers - can understand. The process is difficult for a number of reasons, but I’ve found a few methods for making life easier.
In the past, I have used written specs with spreadsheets for [...]

In Risk Management Series Part 2, we looked at how to assign Risk Probability and Risk Impact ratings to individual risks faced by a project. In this Part 3 of our Risk Management Series, we examine how to use these ratings to classify risks and go on to show various risk treatment options.
Risk Classification
Since we [...]

In Part 1 of this Risk Management Series, we had a look at the purpose of Risk Management. I like to think of it as the mixing action that binds all your project ingredients together. Managing risk shouldn’t be a chore, but an essential part of staying on top of your project environment, and it [...]

Projity has recently announced the release of Version 1.0 of OpenProj, their free Microsoft Project replacement. OpenProj is a highly compentent little project management tool, and I for one use it now for scheduling all my projects. It has fantastic capabilities and is very stable.
It’s strongest feature is the way it presents information. Any number [...]

Risk Management is a vital ingredient to overall project management. Consider: what is it that can push your project over budget, off scope or over schedule? The simple answer is unmanaged risk.
Performing a risk analysis in the initiation phases of a project is important as it provides information on a proposed project’s likelihood of [...]

This week, I’ll be posting a new series on Risk Management and it’s importance to overall project management.
It’s pretty easy to think of risk management as a drag, as a drain on your most precious resource: your own time. It’s not uncommon for a junior member of a project management team to be lumped with [...]