The Ten Six ‘Pulse Check Schedule Assessment’ looks at 10 key schedule health metrics and provides initial analysis around the results. The metrics are focused on areas that have proven to be weak spots in schedule health over time and represent areas that the project should review. This would ensure a better understanding as to […]
What Do You Do About Out Of Sequence Activities?
An out of sequence activity is an activity that is worked in an order other than how it was originally planned. When you build a schedule with relationships, you’re not only doing so to enable the tool you’re using to
5 Things You Can Do Today To Make Risk Management Successful
Despite all the planning, deep thought and assumptions you put into a project plan chances are there is still risk of not meeting your goals once you move beyond planning and get into execution…“Stuff” happens.
5 Personalities You’ll Meet On An EPM Implementation
An enterprise project management implementation means big changes for a company. You might not have had a Project Management Office before. Even if you did, it may not have had such far-reaching
What Matters More: Maturity or Value?
What matters more to your project organization: maturity or value? Previously the obvious answer to this question was maturity. There are a number of project, program and PMO maturity models that stem from the work done on the
Book Review – Managing Projects as Investments: Earned Value to Business Value
Stephen A. Devaux has a new book out titled Managing Projects as Investments: Earned Value to Business Value. It’s a great read for aspiring and veteran project managers alike and a
5 Project Tracking Tools
How do you track your projects? Maybe you have a list of the 5 most significant milestones on your project reports and track progress against them each month. Maybe you go for the ‘gut feel’ approach. You can be a bit more scientific with how you
Full Monte – Latin Hypercube Hype (Part II)
In Part I on this subject, we saw the real benefit of LHS for a one-task network. Now we will try to extend the benefit to two tasks, and then to life-size problems.
Full Monte – Latin Hypercube Hype (Part I)
From time to time we get asked why Full Monte does not support Latin Hypercube Sampling (“LHS”). This is a fancy name for a technique intended to improve the accuracy obtained from a given number of iterations of a Monte Carlo simulation model, but in fact the benefits
PDUs For Training Demystified
As one of the few Global Registered Education Providers for PMI® (Project Management Institute), Ten Six has a unique insight into how the PMP® credential process works, and how training companies can help you manage your recertification requirements. Holders of the PMP credential