Project Managers need to practice Quality Management, sometimes with a Quality Manager, and other times on our own. In order to adapt the processes and procedures that ensure a quality product, we need to understand the underlying principles. With some background in Qua ...
ISO 9000 standards are good business practices that will improve communications, efficiency, and profits while reducing errors, scrap, and rework. Two studies have revealed that overall awareness of the ISO 9000 International Quality Managemen ...
Even projects that are delivered within budget and on time are not successful if the quality of the deliverable is poor. Quality management is all about identifying and following quality requirements, auditing the results of quality control measurements and using qualit ...
Organizations that follow the principles of good Earned Value Management (EVM) create an environment that allows teams to successfully operate and thrive — even in the face of challenges that could negatively impact their projects. Earned Va ...
Object-oriented applications frequently rely on Use Cases to describe the business processes of a software application. Since use cases consist of the strategic goals and scenarios that provide value to a business domain, they can also provide insight into an application’s complexity. De ...
Estimation is at the heart of most project disciplines, and project cost and time overruns can often be traced back to inaccurate estimates. Estimation requires human involvement to create a forecast that considers past projects, personal experience, and industry-specific knowledge and ...
Estimating is an inherently imprecise and difficult process; this article discusses eight tips for creating more accurate estimates: 1) better estimates require better information; 2) never estimate alone, but always involve several people; 3) approximately right is bet ...
The project schedule is the time-based and/or sequenced description of all of the project activities. The time element is one of the triple constraints that every project leader must contend with: scope, schedule, and resources/budget. There are a variety of techniques ...
Effective project scheduling and time management are critical factors in the success or failure of a particular project. And, increasingly project management professionals are responsible for managing a variety of project schedules and timelines. For that reason, Project Management Inst ...
Scope creep is a dreaded thing that can happen on any project, wasting money, decreasing satisfaction, and causing the expected project value to not be met. Most projects seem to suffer from scope creep, and both project teams and stakeholders are consistently frustrate ...