When it comes to project management, beginning well is important and helps the project build momentum. Scope risk, however, may threaten the earliest stages of project work, when scope is defined. Project managers must key in on the triple constraint scope, schedule, and cost throughout the project lifecycle. Of the three, scope risk should be […]
How To Ask for More PMO Staff
Need more PMO staff? There comes a time in the journey for all PMOs that you can’t do more without more PMO staff to support the work. There’s a limit to how agile and lean you can be and still offer a great service to your project management community and the executives. Every PMO is […]
How to Share a Calendar Between Schedules in Microsoft Project
You can share a calendar between schedules by using the Organizer in Microsoft Project. The Organizer serves as the central control center for custom items, including calendars. Using the Organizer it is possible to copy a custom calendar from one project into another. In this way the scheduler leverages a custom made calendar for use […]
The Inappropriate Use of Lag In Scheduling
Most guidelines allow lag in scheduling. The caveat is the lag must be properly applied as its incorrect use may overstate risk in the schedule. Negative lag is considered never appropriate. Limited use of positive lag is agreeable to most scheduling guidelines, but, again, it must be properly applied. A common misuse of lag is […]
Performing Activity Nudge Analysis in Deltek Acumen Fuse
Deltek Acumen Fuse has a great feature. Activity Nudge Analysis allows you to inspect the impact an individual activity delay can have on another critical activity later in the project. Procurement activities tend to have long durations. And procurement delays are not uncommon. Further, the resulting deliverable most likely is important to the execution of a […]
What Is Agile Portfolio Management?
What Is Agile Portfolio Management? Agile and Portfolio Management might not feel like they belong in the same sentence together. Agile is an adaptive, flexible way of managing change that can be used on a large scale or incrementally. Portfolio management is about understanding a suite of change across an organization or division. You need […]
3 Reasons Why You Need Risk Governance
Do you use risk governance in your organization? If your organization is implementing new services or launching new products, you’ll be introducing risk to your business. Projects create risk – it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it should be adequately managed. Generally, project teams are at the forefront of identifying, mitigating and managing risk. […]
Scheduling and Activity Duration Length
Projects come in all kinds of lengths and sizes. In light of this how long should your activity durations extend? Activity durations should be sized to suit the respective project length. Activity durations that are too short result in schedules that are too detailed and cumbersome. On the other hand activity durations that are too […]
Deltek Acumen’s Risk Register
Are you concerned your project is susceptible to project risk events? The Deltek Acumen risk register is great for logging anticipated project risks. Projects come with risk: part and parcel of the unique nature of a project. The Deltek Acumen risk register, however, allows you to enter specific risk events and enter their probability and […]
What Risk Management Technology Should You Use?
Do you really need risk management technology in your business? There are some advanced IT systems on the market that are used for risk management, but they might not be right for you. In this article we’ll look at 4 different types of risk management functionality that you’ll find in software products – either built […]