Archive for February, 2008
Failure Before the Project Starts
Monday, February 11th, 2008Some projects are prone to failure before it even gets off the ground. A company needs to make money to survive. Creating products that the company can sell will keep the business going. How does a business come up with ideas on products to sell?
It is amazing some of the ideas that come [...]
Project Time Management – Part 2 Activity Sequencing
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008In the previous post on Project Time Management, I talked about the first process, activity definition. Activity definition identifies the deliverables at the lowest level in the work breakdown structure. After you have this list, what do you do with it? You put them in order. Activity sequencing involves identifying and [...]
The Problem with Sun Microsystems
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008At my day job we use Glassfish from Sun Microsystems. Glassfish is opensource. It is basically the beta platform for the Sun Java Application Server 9.X. We are gradually moving toward Java-centric applications and Glassfish is working for us. We decided to look for support. I called up my Sun [...]
Raven’s Brain
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008I happened to come across a blog called Raven’s Brain. I like the way she writes. She is entertaining and informative. The article that caught my eye was “A Guide to Managing IT Projects“. One of the points in the article is the Project Charter. A project must start with a Project Charter. In the [...]
PMI Local Chapters
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008I think it is important to be a part of your local chapter if you are a member of PMI. The local chapter is where you meet other people with the same interest you have in project management. It also gives you a knowledge base to use if you need it. I belong to the [...]