Category: Project/Program Management

  • Quality Management Beyond Project Close Out

    There seems to be different definitions applied to quality and that is understood because each project is different and the requirements for a product can be, and usually is, different, but the process to develop and manage a project and product have basic elements/properties and common processes. Although some of the processes/activities stop after project…

  • Program and Project Success is about Team Success and Lessons Learned

    2009 is at an end and 2010 has begun with a lot of activity. What lessons learned will we take into 2010 and into the 21st century? September 11, 2001 (9/11) and some other unethical business activities have affected industries recovery but we all realize that before 9/11 many businesses were having some financial difficulties, mergers and lay…

  • Quality of Life, Quality of the Project

    Your quality of life is just as important as the quality of the project. I have spoken and heard from many individuals over the past several years, and I don’t know if it’s a sign of the times but there are those that have been affected physically and mentally. The stress and the unknowns (distress…

  • Software Vendors and Their Tools/Applications

    Now after knowing the process, hopefully it allows you to make a better selection of products to automate and make the development process more efficient. It begins with requirements (which can’t be over emphasized). For some time we have had software vendors developing Computer Aided Software/System Engineering (CASE), applications, and tools for processes (i.e., Project…

  • Change and Configuration Control Beyond Project Close Out

    Change is inevitable. Change Management covers all changes within the scope of a program/project. Configuration Control, a process/activity under configuration management, covers changes to the product/system and is applied after a product/system is approved and baselined.(See the book Software or Firmware Configuration Management on the complete process.) Although both change and configuration control are activities…

  • Management and Ethics

    Management and ethics for business and projects has to be a number one priority for many companies going into 2010 and the 21st Century, but first several issues have to be addressed. Over the past several months, I have had discussions about, and received emails, related to individuals being assigned as project and software configuration…

  • “What is your weekly routine to manage the quality of your life?”

    Remember: Your quality of life is just as important as the quality of the project/product, and more of an emphasis now with the covid-19 impact and that many individuals are working from home. What is my routine to maintain my physical, mental, and spiritual well being? What is my weekly routine? First, I like physical…

  • There are a Variety of Specifications Presented Throughout the Industry to Capture Requirements.

    The requirements document (specification), the result of analysis, sets the stage for the entire and/or any process/phase/activity (design, implementation, etc.) within the development process or life cycle. It is a configuration identification document as well as the design specification/document. The requirements document contains functional/capability, design, interface, data, and other product (software/application/system) requirements. Although it is…

  • How do you ensure all deliverables are released and delivered for each process/activity; ensuring accountability for each deliverable when other individuals have responsibility to prepare/author the documentation?

    Project Close Out – Project Deliverables and the Close Out Letter A restatement from Project Management Lessons Learned. Conducting project close out: Ensure that (not limited to or in a particular order): A project close out meeting is conducted with the customer/client to define that all close out criteria have been satisfied (financial included) Any…

  • A Career of Significant Project Management Lessons Learned

    It’s about Management Control and Quality The following is a list of project management lessons learned that I have identified and documented. A project manager must not only be responsible, but accountable, for the project. Conduct business with high ethics. Use Best Practices, tailored to the project. Prepare a complete activity/work or task breakdown, reviewed by…