I have posted last week’s Pragmatic Manager, Are You Being Guilted Into Doing More?. At Agile 2011, I had a great video conversation with Shane Hastie about agile project portfolio management. The chair is big, I’m not so short. The chair is big, I’m not so short. How many times do you think I have
Are You Being Guilted Into Doing More? Ned, a development manager I know, looked exhausted. “I’m trying to keep development going, and support pre-sales, and support post-sales, and support customer support. When is my group supposed to have time to do development??” He has a point. If his team does all the nice-guy work, they
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I have an article posted at Techwell, Management Myth #1: The Myth of 100% Utilization. This myth has always been a problem. It’s even more of a problem now as more organizations transition to agile. People need time to think. They need time to adapt to their current circumstances. They need time to create their
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The nice folks at getabstract like Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects. Some of the takeaways they highlight are: Project portfolio management helps you finish your software projects on schedule. You must understand your mission to make choices about prioritizing software projects. Managers must select which projects to undertake and
Jonathan Rasmussen wrote a lovely review of Manage Your Project Portfolio. The part I like the best is: If you are looking for advice around what to measure when tracking your projects, how to come up with an actionable mission statement, or just how to effectively communicate the state of your portfolio ask Santa for
Inez has a great review of Manage Your Project Portfolio. What resonated with me was: this book gives a more complete view of what is at stake when dealing with project portfolio management and will really help organisations to move forward faster with implementing and improving this key business issue of the 21st century, the
Matt Gelbwaks posted a great review ofManage Your Project Portfolio on Stickyminds.com. One of the parts I like best is: However, as a journeyman project manager (PM), I would look at the book and dream wistfully of the day in the future when I would need to read it. Don’t you be fooled! This book
Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 7, #3: Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now April 25 , 2010 In This Issue: Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now AYE Early Bird Discount Deadline April 30, 2010 New to the Pragmatic Manager? Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now How many projects are you working on