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Friday, December 7th, 2007How much project work can someone do in one week? Some senior management think that a 40 hour work week means we can get 40 hours of work from our employee. In an IT shop this is not going to happen. Even in manufacturing you cannot get 40 hours of work from an employee.
Let’s say [...]
I passed the PMP certification test
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Well, I took the certification test for PMP this morning. I passed. The test was a lot different than the practice tests I took. The practice tests were more wordy and tended to stick to what most PMP books discussed. If the book talked about what quality gives the [...]
Performance Measurement Analysis
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Earned value technique
This compares what you will produce to what you have already done. You use the earned value technique to continuously monitor the planned value, earned value and the actual costs spent. These can give you variances that will help keep the project on target for the cost and schedule. Knowing the variances will [...]
Manage Integrated Change Control
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Integrated change control process serves as an overseer to the Monitoring and Controlling processes. The integrated change control is where the project’s change control process is established. It is the project manager’s responsibility to manage the changes and ensure the policies of change are implemented. Integrated change control is concerned with:
Influencing the [...]
Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
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