This article takes you on a very short journey - that of the implementation of a new product or a new release. Everything has to be organized perfectly. Nothing can go wrong. If it does you must be able to go back to square one. But, how do we do that?
How do we get commitment from the employees who will have to work with the new product? Should we involve them in every step of the development process or should we keep them on the sideline? In this article we try to show what we should and what we should not do.
If you want to make a Pareto chart to use in your project presentation but don’t have access to high-powered project management software, don’t panic. With these step-by-step instructions, you can use the more commonplace Microsoft Excel to create your chart in minutes.
How well do you understand the stakeholder concept? A thorough analysis of each sector’s influence during project planning, enables the team to draw-up a plan that has fewer obstacles by gaining support from various sectors for financial, judicial, intellectual, technical and societal contributions.
This article looks at seven ways Six Sigma can be implemented for maximum benefit. Securing management buy-in, taking advantage of training, setting organizational goals–these are just a few of the methods for optimizing implementation of this methodology.
In this article we will show that risk analysis and risk management are continuous processes and not just the mandatory activity that it often is in projects, because “you have to manage your risks you know…”. Risk analysis and risk management can be done in an effective way.
This article is the third is a series which details control of schedule, quality, effort and productivity as well as mechanisms for exercising right control in software project management.
