Nimble Approach to Project Management
This article describes the Nimble Approach to project management.
Continue ReadingAn Overview of Network Diagrams in Project Management
Network Diagrams are often confused with PERT charts. This article shows through images Network Diagrams and describes how they work.
Continue ReadingExplaining the Baseline Plan and Its Use in Project Management
Learn how to identify a baseline plan, The writer talks about the uses and benefits of a baseline plan in project management.
Continue ReadingSimilarites and Differences between a Statement of Work and a Work Breakdown Structure in Project Management
Want to find out what the deal is with the Statement of Work and the Work Breakdown Structure? While it’s true that both are important to …
Continue ReadingUnderstanding the Three Stages of Engineering Environments
Engineering Environments are often described as a boy toy for System Operators or as a tool to legitimate decisions that don’t have any real …
Continue ReadingLearn a Structured Test Definition Process to Save Time and Money
If you set-up the test scripts in a structured way you will gain a lot of time - and money during scripting and testing. Definition of a test script …
Continue ReadingManaging Your Personal Projects With Email
This article looks at whether one can manage a project through Email alone and then explains how small and personal projects might be managed using …
Continue ReadingOne-Page Project Management: Trimming Project Fat
Most project managers plan their work out very carefully, and they do so in rather large documents. The concept of one-page project management would …
Continue ReadingThe History of Project Management: Change Through the 1950s
Taylor and Gantt enjoyed the luxury of an America with a virtually endless supply of labor for factories and mills. What happened to their ideas when …
Continue ReadingThe History of Project Management: Frederick Taylor and 19th Century Business Ideas
Most of us use benchmarking, re-engineering, and process redesign in our project management roles every week. All three of these ideas emerged from …
Continue ReadingThe History of Project Management: Gantt and the Early 20th Century
While Frederick Taylor battled over productivity issues with foremen and with labor unions, a close friend and colleague prepared to revolutionize …
Continue ReadingThe History of Project Management: Into the 21st Century
Powerful computers and fast shipping processes revolutionize the project management professions from the 1970s through today.
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