Category: Project/Program Management
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I am a systems analyst. I am changing industries but see that requirements in one industry have been or are familiar to me. I worked under government contracts and now I am moving into the Pharmaceutical industry. Are they that different?
Not unusual. It’s very interesting to me to hear the above question from third party or individuals in one industry. Just as there are commonalities in managing projects (although each project is unique), many standards’ requirements are similar to other industries. Knowledge gained from another industry and its standards can contribute to success in another…
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Talent Being Lost
For the past 5-10 years we have been losing, and for the next 5-10 years we will be losing, resources (manpower) that are significant to the industry. Some may say, so what, no problem, but the knowledge and lessons learned they take or have taken with them is significant. Within IT and other industries for…
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As IT professionals much of our project information is not quite organized and much of our lessons learned go undocumented. What does that say for the 21th Century?
Have we learned from the past failure of projects? That is the question for 2010 and beyond. I am not sure we have. Although there have been improvements, how much is the question? Some researches seem to say that a significant increase of 100%. 100% of what? When the rate for successful projects is not…
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Component Development. It’s been around. Not Unknown!
At a conference, I heard a young developer shout out about component development and how this development activity has improved application development. It was good to hear the enthusiasm and passion this young developer had but as he was quickly told that component develop is not new but introduced to guide more of the application development process…
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You stated that much of what we do or introduce as new today is only improvements to be used in the future. Can you give me an example that supports your statement of that fact?
Yes, recently I was involved in a seminar and conference that was discussing component development. What did/does component development bring to the table: Reusability Interoperability Assembly Modularity Etc. And that is a fact, but where did component development start.Component development originated in, system, and hardware and system software development for assembly/integration: plug-in, test, and reuse.…
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Crisis
We still have a crisis! While the cost of living is increasing (e.g., education, gas, housing), incomes are decreasing sometimes 20-30 thousand dollars. This is occurring while many individuals have had a standard of living based on a previously stable and higher income. To recover from this difficult situation, many IT professionals have taken certain…
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Federal Regulations for Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
It seems to be correct that configuration management could have saved money during Y2K. Within the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical industries, compliance with HIPAA and Part 11, respectively, is still becoming a challenge. You state that configuration management could be helpful with compliance. Why? Yes, Configuration Management could have been helpful then and now. If the…
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Lessons Learned
Sometimes we don’t want to admit we have made a mistake or that there were issues with a process or its activities. But how else are we to correct our mistakes and learn from our mistakes; to improve. Whether one thinks it can lead to finger pointing is not a reason not to have the…
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A restatement about lessons learned…
RayAnn received another several emails recently but they were questions that you would have thought were part of the past. The emails indicated that the managers were documenting lessons learned and having a end-of- the-project meeting to discuss lessons that were only gathered after or during the last phase of the project. Unbelievable! Hear is…
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My Perspective – Partnerships with Competitors
Several emails over the past several months indicated concern about issues of communicating and maintaining a relationship with competitors as partners and maintaining stable relationships with employees. Often communication can be a real issue and can be a major reason for a project to fail. Companies doing business for so many years have been use…
