Actually, Project Managers are Pretty Good at Estimating Software Projects
Apr 18, 2018
Fortunately for the organizations they work for, development teams are smart enough not to build the original project’s design — which is why we have Scrum and Agile. But, even with Scrum, good estimating may be the least important thing you have to do: Adopting Scrum, Kanban, or any Agile methodology means that you have […]
EVM in the Real World – Part III
Jan 16, 2011
In my last blog I discussed challenges to using earned value management tools to track progress on projects. In particular, I suggested that some of the challenges are posed by things like the complexity and/or type of work required. The complexity and/or type of work will have a direct impact on the level of difficulty […]
EVM in the Real World – Part II
, 2011
In my last blog I discussed challenges to using earned value management tools to track progress on projects. In particular, I suggested that some of the challenges are posed by things like the number of tasks, and the number of people. The number of tasks and consequent number of people has a direct impact on […]
Using Earned Value Management in the Real World
, 2011
Project management seems to lack some effective tools for earned value management. I want to know, how many project managers use the typical earned value management tools offered in the PMBOK? Whenever I ask this question, the unanimous response is that 90% of my students and clients either use none of the offered formulas, or […]
