... lessons were learned about your project management methodology?
Companies that have or are developing a project management methodology
will want to use completed projects to assess how well the ... most effective and useful,
the documentation for a given project should include the following parts:
■■ Project Overview Statement
■■ Project proposal and backup data
■■ Original an...
... 330
Revising the Version Plan 331
Extreme Project Management 331
Defining an Extreme Project 332
Overview of Extreme Project Management 333
Comparing Project Approaches 3 46
Putting It All Together 347
Discussion ... 54
Creating the Project Overview Statement 55
Parts of the POS 56
Attachments 64
Using the Joint Project Planning Session
to Develop the POS 67
Effec...
... assembly project that depended on deliverables from other
subassembly projects.
NOTE
These interproject constraints are common. Occasionally, large projects are decom-
posed into smaller projects ... Figure 6. 5:
Figure 6. 4 Diagramming conventions.
D
E
F
E
F
G
A C
(c)
(a)
(b)
Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network Diagram
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Once th...
... what each category means.
Project Portfolio Management
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Project manager resources. Here the PSO provides a resource to project
managers for advice, ... discuss critical chain
project management in more detail, as well as the book Critical Chain Project
Management by Lawrence Leach.
Balancing Using Partial Funding or Staffing of Pr...
... we can classify project by type of project. The
value in doing this is that each type of project utilizes a specific subset of the
project management methodology. For example, projects that involve ... requestor?
■■ Do the project deliverables meet the expectations of the project manager?
■■ Did the project team complete the project according to plan?
What Is Traditional Pro...
... contains some suggested titles.
Chapter 3
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Using the Joint Project Planning Session
to Develop the POS
The Joint Project Planning (JPP) session is the ... over the life of the project
deliverables. Here senior management finds a common basis for compar-
ing one project against another. They look for the high ROI projects or the
projec...
... the
project. Most books on project management devote very little space to the
mechanics of producing a project plan. In our experience, poor planning is one
of the major obstacles to successful project ... is to learn the project management skills through reviewing project
documentation, attending and later supporting JPP sessions, observing
project status meetings, maintaini...
... factor to successful projects.
Chapter 13
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Installing Custom Controls
267
Introduction to the Adaptive
Project Framework
It is a mistake to look too ... document, specifically, a Project Overview State-
ment (POS), is written.
Introduction to the Adaptive Project Framework
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Figure 15....
... cancel the current project and start two or more projects based on the
learning and discovery to date with the now cancelled project. For exam-
ple, R&D projects are extreme projects, and a ... an extreme project? Why? Why not? Be specific.
5. In the formation stages of a project, are there any distinct advantages to
using xPM over APF for an extreme project? If so, identify t...