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Project teams, want a project manager with the basic character traits, trust, integrity, respect and honestly. But a good project manager possess much more than these basic traits, a project team wants a manager that skilled at:
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Tags: communication, honesty, integrity, Project Manager, project team, respect, trust
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Many Project Managers begin a project by writing up a ‘to do’ list of activities for each team member. Within weeks the list is out of date, the project has evolved and more time is spent keeping the list up to date rather than doing the work. The Work Breakdown Structure starts by writing a NOT ‘to do’ list. Forget about activities and look at key deliverables. Each person is responsible to achieving different aspects of the task - how they get their is often irrelevant. It is reaching the desired outcome in the assigned time frame that propels a project forward.
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Tags: deliverables, Project Manager, to do list, WBS, Work Breakdown Schedule
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Project management is the combination of art and science working in unison for an ultimate goal. Science is the bringing together all the theory and experience acquired over the years, while art is the way you use and adapt these ideas to suits your situational needs. Many people have all the skills and experience of science, but without the adaptability of art a project manager will not succeed.
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- Mara Pederson
December 2009
Tags: art, Project Manager, science
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Perhaps one of the best tools to bring a project back on track is just job huddle. The job huddles are an opportunity for the team to have an informal gathering to discuss progress during the last period and identify any issues. With all this information gathered the team can then discuss how to get on track by identifying the teams weaknesses or changes to the working environment. Huddles are a great way to identify changing conditions and keeping a team focused and on track.
- Kari Marrs
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Tags: change, environmental change, huddle, team meeting
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Microsoft will release guidelines for developers building online applications and for those utilizing the Agile code-development process.
The Agile guidelines apply principles from Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) to Agile, an umbrella term for a development model frequently used for Web-based applications released under short deadlines, called “sprints.”
Microsoft adopted the SDL following the company’s pledge in 2002 to build more secure code after several high-profile worms and other malicious software posed dangerous risks to its customers.
But the original SDL doesn’t fit the Agile process. Agile differs in that developers have a set time in which to develop certain features, after which the application is immediately released in order to get customer feedback, said Bryan Sullivan, security program manager for Microsoft.
The SDL was originally designed for products, such as the Windows OS, that are non-iterative, meaning that there aren’t frequent releases of the product that add just a feature or two. However, all of the SDL requirements have been adopted for the Agile process, but implemented differently, Sullivan said. Agile is used by 85 percent of technology industry professionals, according to Forrester.
Microsoft breaks the SDL down into three requirements: one-time only tasks, those that need to be done for every sprint, and finally “bucket” tasks, which need to be repeated periodically — such as every six months — but not for every sprint, Sullivan said. The Agile guidelines will be available on Tuesday on www.microsoft.com.
Microsoft is also releasing a white paper on security for online Web applications. As those applications are increasingly interacting and exchanging information, security is paramount, said Steve Lipner, senior director of security engineering at Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group.
The white paper outlines key security issues that developers should consider for Web applications, Lipner said. It also discusses security issues that developers should think about when choosing a hosting provider, such as data and physical security.
Copyright 2009 IDG News Service, International Data Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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Tags: agile, microsoft, SDL, security, Security Development Lifecycle
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As another year passes it is time to reflect on company success, or in some cases the obstacles companies put in the way of their success. The list includes:
- Kari Marrs
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Tags: business obstacles, project managers, senior managers, training
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The project follow-up phase can often lead to a grey area in the project, unless clearly defined at the beginning of an agreement, some of the issues arising can include:
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- Tom Streveler
Tags: documentation, follow-up, guaratees, project agreement, results
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It is often claimed that Agile software development is flawed because it focuses on improving the processes of the team developing the software; is that really a bad thing. But there is a difference between understanding the customer and focusing on delivering customer values. Agile methods don’t allow for specific improvements to be focused on, as a result the developer doesn’t see the minimum that is required, but rather goes for the less cost effective ‘gold plated’ option.
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- Michael Grollman
Tags: agil, customer service, customer values, software development
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Setting up a project plan and locking team members into their roles sets a good basis for project success. But once the details have been ironed out and the project is nearing completion the customer may come back with major additions turning the project upside down. Instead of pulling the project team off task, go back to the client and explain the situation. Work out ways of breaking the project into phases, this will give the client physical results that they can then build on.
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Tags: client, meetings, project phases, project planning, project team, upside down
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Put your head above the parapet, what does that mean? It means you really need to plan how to deal with the responses you receive otherwise you could well get trampled upon! There is little point standing back and and complaining about the lack of support from senior management and sponsors, it is the project managers job to get them involved and get them excited. Without their held interest, getting approvals and driving the project forwards can be a slow anddifficult task.
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Tom Streveler
Tags: buyin, executives, management, Project Manager, sponsors
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