Partial 3 – TI 2011

Reflective post on the course TI 2011 – Project Evaluation and Management What have I learned so far in this class? Thinking all the way back to February (I can´t believe how much time has passed), so many small things come to my mind that have helped me in the course as well as in

Review on Chapter 23 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

Happily ever after In his last night in Morovia, Mr. T. has a dream in which the “futurist” Yordini appears and answers all his questions about the future. We learn that the airport project will be finished in time for the Summer Olympics – it won´t be perfect, but still good enough to handle everything,

Review on Chapter 22 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

The finish line Finally, the first projects are delivered! Three teams were able to finish before June 1st, the two QuickerStill Teams and the PMill-C team! Happy with the results, Mr. T. concludes that projects ought to have not one due date, but an ambitious goal and a realistic schedule… And then, NNL returns to

Review on Chapters 20 and 21 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

Chapter 20 – Zombies are real In Chapter 20 we get to know the author Harry Winnipeg. He’s a person able to spot problems, especially when it’s about people. After spending some time with he PMill A project team, he comes back to Mr. T. to tell him that he demoted the angry project manager,

Review on Chapter 19 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

Planning vs. Doing Kenoros gave all project teams grades on their design efforts. He only considered if all coded modules were established and if the interfaces between them were determined. An F means that this does not exist at all, which is the case in all but one of the A-teams, while all smaller B-

Partial 2 – TI 2011

Reflective and prospective post on the course TI 2011 – Project Evaluation and Management What have I learned so far in this class? The main takeaways for me in the second partial of this semester have been all the guest lectures we had, and the reading of our novel ‚The Deadline‚. So, what have I

Review on Chapters 17 and 18 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

Chapter 17 – Conflict Resolution Lessons Dr. Larry Boheme, an expert on conflict resolution for systems projects, steps up to teach the management team about conflict resolution. He teaches Mr. T his ‘Win Conditions’ for conflict resolution: Accept conflict. Declaring it unacceptable will only drive the conflict underground. Complex organizations have diverse goals, which will

Review on Chapter 16 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

Feeling stupid? In the beginning, notebooks with specs from the American NASPlan which ended up in litigation arrive in Morovia, stolen by Mr. Belok as a ‚help‘ for the project. I especially liked the comment of Mr. Kenoros when taking all those books to the teams: We take on too much because we are terrified

Review on Chapter 15 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

How much overtime do you even work? Mr. Belok is convinced that only overtime work and strict control can lead to success. That is why he says he would move the deadline closer if he believed the projects were on track. He also wants the process improvement program to reach the Level 4, even though

Review on Chapters 13 and 14 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

Chapter 13 – How to efficiently (pretend to) work Chapter 13 teaches us one of the most important things in project management, especially for software products. Even though it can be extremely helpful to have guidelines and processes to follow, they should never be assumed suitable for any project. Depending on your scope and resources,