Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Is It Recovery?
Realizing that the “IT Professional Facilitator” addresses an international audience, we have to understand or consider the impact/view from a national and international perspective. Over a year ago, I stated in various meetings (professional) I attended, and in one of the newsletters/information sources, that we had several months or several years of unknowns before recovery.…
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Do Project and Program Managers have different responsibilities?
Understand there is a difference between a Program Manager and Project Manager (and a project(s) is a part of a program). The “Tip” is not to let someone tell you there is not a difference (Maybe you can’t stop them from telling you but don’t believe there is not a difference.) There is a career…
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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…
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The Significance of Configuration Management for Project/Product Management
Moving out of the summer and soon into the fall. While on the road with presentations, book signings, and contracts, I am hearing from IT/Business professionals still concerned with economic recovery, training, and the outsourcing issue. The Significance of Configuration Management for Project/Product Management As a Best Practice Process, Configuration Management is beginning to get…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Quality Assurance (QA)
Too often we call quality assurance just “testing” or “quality control”, where both traditionally have been performed under the umbrella of Quality Assurance (QA). QA, a planned process/activity, tailored to the program/project, is about ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, plans, and requirements, prevention, and trend and problem analysis for corrective action. This is the reason…
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Beyond Project Close Out
Recently, I received several emails and telephone calls to discuss a problem with a web site requiring revising or revamping and applications requiring modification, enhancement or replacement after the projects had closed and warranty periods had expired. The changes or request for changes seems to have been announced without prior notice or discussion with key…
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