When projects begin to slip, managing project failure often chooses not to tack, but persists along its course until the project becomes a complete bust. But there are ways to manage an off track project to avoid the worst possible outcome. Organizations too often linger on projects that are quite evidently failing. The problem most […]
White Paper – Difficult Conversations for PMO Leaders To Have
For the PMO leader, much of the working day is taken up with operational issues and ensuring that projects, programs and portfolios are operating as they should. From time to time, you’ll have to face difficult conversations to ensure that you can still deliver those projects, programs and portfolios as a team, and stay aligned […]
5 Benefits of the Agile PMO
What is an Agile PMO? Agile methods are on the rise, and the chances are a project team near you will be using agile or adaptive approaches to manage their work. But agile works at the organizational level too. It goes beyond sprint-based planning and other techniques, and is something that can be embedded in […]
Deltek Acumen Fuse Diagnostics Custom Metric View
Deltek Acumen Fuse diagnostics include a wealth of schedule custom metrics and standard metric groups. But you can also create and customize your own metric groups suited to your schedule analysis requirements. Deltek Acumen Fuse provides an abundance of project analysis and diagnostics tools to inspect and improve the quality of your schedule. Acumen comes […]
How To Build Capacity In Your Team Through Recruitment
It won’t come as a surprise to you to know that having the right people on the team is crucial for project success. But how do you get the right people on the team in your PMO? In this article, we’ll show you how. You have 3 options for growing your project management team with […]
Reaching Objectives to Deal with Opportunity & Risk
How does one provide for a competitive schedule that exploits opportunities and protects against obvious risks? The opportunity and risk objectives are twofold: Take advantage of opportunities and provide protection from risks Implement reasonable actions to maintain your competitive edge These two objectives compete against one another, and, therefore must be balanced. And opportunity and […]
Using Contract Completion Dates In Microsoft Project
Projects come with deadlines. They may be Contract Completion Dates (CCD) or deadlines imposed by your project sponsor. There is more than one way to monitor Using Contract Completion Dates in Microsoft Project. Microsoft Project has a deadlines feature that may impose a deadline date on a respective milestone. This deadline appears as a static […]
The Deltek Acumen Risk Exposure Comparison Chart
The Risk Exposure Comparison Chart or the S Chart Analyzer is commonly used to compare the probability curves between different risk models. Deltek Acumen Risk’s schedule simulation software provides Monte Carlo probability distributions based on activity uncertainty. This Monte Carlo analysis is a significant improvement over single point deterministic schedule analysis. Additionally, schedulers can include […]
The Opportunity and Risk Process Acronym ORSIPARM
ORSIPARM is an acronym from risk analysis that provides a concise and handy mnemonic to help one’s focus on the opportunity and risk process. Some project managers and schedulers need a quick reminder to help them keep a handle on the opportunity and risk process. The ORSIPARM acronym stands for Opportunities, Risks, Scanning, Identification, Prioritization, […]
The Differing Negative FS and Positive SS Schedule Outcomes
It may appear when scheduling tasks that a Finish-to-Start (FS) and negative lag is functionally the same as a Start-to-Start (SS) and positive lag, but they are not. Let’s take a closer look at these two approaches. Many scheduling guidelines prohibit the use of negative lag. And we have already written about the drawbacks of […]