Interesting Articles
"Who Needs Walkthroughs, Inspections And Peer Reviews?"
In 1707 a British fleet under the command of Sir Clowdisley Shovell was returning home after a long mission. The convoy encountered a heavy fog upon entering the English Channel. The admiral gathered his officers and navigators to get a definite fix on their location. After a short consultation the officers reported to Shovell that the fleet was safely off the coast of France. The admiral was about to issue an order to sail North to England when a sailor approached him and asked his permission to speak. ...
"Defining The Detailed Scope - How And Where Do You Find Requirements?"
Medieval England. War of Roses. On April 13th, 1471 Yorkist troops under the command of the king Edward IV and Lancastrian forces led by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford met near the town of Barnet some twelve miles North of London. At four o’clock in the morning on April 14th the soldiers of both armies were awakened and started preparing for the decisive battle. Warwick's army heavily outnumbered Edward's, although sources differ on exact numbers. However according to some historians Lancastrian strength ranged from 10,000 to 30,000 men, with 7,000 to 15,000 on the Yorkist side. ...
"How And Why Do We Write Project Charters?"
Late in 1940 Soviet government was starting to get concerned that the country was in danger of German invasion despite the signing of the peace treaty with Nazis in 1939. The suspicions were initially aroused because Hitler began to accumulate a significant number of motorized, infantry and tank divisions in the vicinity of the Soviet-German border. However German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop continued to insist that those troops were simply preparing for the Operation Sealion – the invasion of England ...
"Kick-Starting Your Projects – What Should You Know About Defining Scope?"
In late seventies the US Department of Defense (DOD) outsourced the development of the self-propelled anti-aircraft (AA) weapon which featured twin radar-directed 40 mm rapid-fire guns to Ford Aerospace. The project was assigned the name of ”Sergeant York”, after the World War I US army hero, who undoubtedly would not have appreciated this dubious honor had he been alive in 1979 ...
"Software Process Improvement - Targeted Optimization (SmartPhase Approach)"
Despite the evidence of tremendous successes of SPI initiatives there are still problems with SPI acceptance in the industry. According to some researchers 2/3 of SPI programs have failed. Others report that there are serious commitment issues arising in many SPI initiatives. The methodology described would be applicable to business-oriented process improvement initiatives rather than certification or compliance programs. The main concept underlying this paper is the utilization of flexible, scalable, targeted, business-aligned and fiscally responsible method in the framework of existing process improvement methodologies
"Integrating Project Management and Business Analysis"
A discussion of a simple, easy-to-implement methodology integrating project management and SDLC frameworks (published by West Coast Chapter PMI and presented twice at the Project World Canada Conference)
"PMO A La Carte - Advantages and Challenges"
A discussion of typical PMO misconceptions and analysis of three potential PMO models including PMO Light, PMO Standard and PMO Advanced (published by West Coast Chapter PMI, Project Times and presented at the Project World Canada Conference)
"IT-Business Relationship - Choosing The Model That Fits Your Company"
Discussion of Pros and Cons of various IT/Business relationship models (published by West Coast Chapter PMI)
"Dealing with Stakeholders - A Historical Perspective"
A fun look at stakeholder management! Plus several little known historical facts analyzed from a project management perspective! (published by West Coast Chapter PMI and presented at the PM Society of Vancouver)
"Risk-Adjusted Project Costs Estimation in the Black-Scholes Framework"
The purpose of this article is to propose a new method for risk-adjusted estimation of project module (task) costs.
The main concept underlying this method is to utilize Nobel-prize winning framework developed by Myron Scholes
and Fischer Black in 1973 to value European call and put options on stocks.