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Impact Analysis
An Impact Analysis will help you capture and evaluate the impacts, both positive and negative, of a given solution or change on a project. Understanding how a solution will impact the business areas and systems within the organization helps with decision making, like selecting one of multiple solution options or evaluating the addition or revision of a requirement. In addition to defining the work to be done from a technical and project perspective, it also starts identification of the change management planning efforts that will be necessary if the solution/change is approved.
Why I'm more afraid of too-much project management than not-enough
I maintain that too much project management (or in some cases, simply the perception of too much) can be almost as harmful as not enough.
How can I say that? After all, the results of not enough are obvious -- well documented in nasty project failure statistics, and well understood by many of us from ghastly personal experiences…
I maintain that too much project management (or in some cases, simply the perception of too much) can be almost as harmful as not enough.
How can I say that? After all, the results of not enough are obvious -- well documented in nasty project failure statistics, and well understood by many of us from ghastly personal experiences…
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Adapting Processes for Different Projects
Having a project management or development process should NOT mean that people are expected to do things the same way every time. This guideline on adapting project processes contains real-world examples of how companies with established processes actually encourage creativity-of-use. Executives, put some time into helping PMs see that they can use the process flexibly. PMs, get some ideas for deciding what matters most, so you can confidently just say no, and yes, to the right things for each project.
Adapting Processes for Different Projects
Having a project management or development process should NOT mean that people are expected to do things the same way every time. This guideline on adapting project processes contains real-world examples of how companies with established processes actually encourage creativity-of-use. Executives, put some time into helping PMs see that they can use the process flexibly. PMs, get some ideas for deciding what matters most, so you can confidently just say no, and yes, to the right things for each project.
Business Analyst Fast Track: Elicitation
"There's a common misconception that project requirements are 'gathered'–as if the requirements are waiting, like amber waves of grain, for someone to come along and harvest. The reality, of course, is different–requirements must almost always be elicited. That is, it's your job to discover, draw-out, detail, review, and document any and all requirements, and review them again and carefully manage them as increasing numbers of requirements are uncovered." It's hard to imagine a better summary of the new Fast Track tab we just added. This is one of those portions of BA-type work that Project Managers need to know too–extracting the right requirements from your stakeholders…
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Featured Article
Hawaii Uh-Oh
 Kent McDonald |
There is an inherent danger in writing about your job on a regular basis—you begin dissecting everything that happens in your life and try to apply it to a lessons learned in that particular field. Experiences on trips seem to be an exceptionally easy target for these lessons learned stories. I mention this downside because I am about to use my recent vacation to Hawaii to discuss risk management, and managing scope and schedule changes when things go bad… well, let's say, when things stray from the plan. Read More » |
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