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Stakeholder Analysis and the Salience Model – Part 2: Using the Model
Using the Salience Model will be the subject of this second part exploration of using the technique in your stakeholder analysis practice. The theory and background is covered in Stakeholder Analysis...
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Project Scheduling and Dependency Attributes
Part of building a project schedule entails the sequencing of tasks to be completed in furtherance of the project. There are a number of determinants that go into sequencing, but one of the most...
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The Project Scheduling Formula – Part 2
Part 2 of the Project Scheduling Formula exploration will review the Microsoft Project Effort Driven Scheduling feature and how it impacts schedule calculations. Of importance is the concept of Peak...
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Project Risk Management and the Risk Register
A critical component of any well-managed project is the discipline of risk planning and management. Risk is uncertainty concerning events which, if they occur, will have an impact on the project. Note...
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How Do I Know What I Know – Project Assumptions Management
Just the other day I was asked my opinion on RAID logs. I had to admit that “RAID” was a project management acronym I had not heard of. Checking the PMBOK Guide turned up nothing. I did find entries on...
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The Project Scheduling Formula – Part 3
Review of the MS Project Scheduling Formula is the third part in the Point Prox Video Series concerning the subject. This episode will explore the concept of Microsoft Project’s Tasks Types and how...
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Downloads – The Project Scheduling Formula – Part 3
Download Manifest – Project Task Types Point Prox Schedule Formula Part 3-Dist.pdf Point Prox Task Types Table Schedule Comprehensive Complete.mpp Point Prox Task Types Table Schedule Comprehensive...
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Downloads – The Project Scheduling Formula – Part 2
Download Manifest – Effort Driven Scheduling Point Prox Effort Driven Run.mpp Point Prox Effort Driven Start.mpp Point Prox Peak Units Run.mpp Point Prox Peak Units Start.mpp Point Prox Schedule...
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Downloads – The Project Scheduling Formula – Part 1
Download Manifest – Introduction to the Project Scheduling Formula Point Prox Schedule Formula Part 1 Presentation.pdf Point Prox Schedule Formula Part 1 Start.mpp Point Prox Schedule Formula Part 1...
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Downloads – Creating a New Schedule in MS Project
Download Manifest – Create a New Software Development Project Schedule Point-Prox-New-MS-Project File.pdf Starting-A-New-MS-Project-Schedule-Start.mpp Starting-A-New-MS-Project-Schedule-Complete.mpp...
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A Wrinkling Time – Part 1: Layered Calendar Management Strategy in MS Project
Calendars in Microsoft Project are used to indicate the working time for resources. Working time is determined the hours that a resource is available and what project calls exceptions. Exceptions are...
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A Wrinkling Time – Part 2: How to Execute Layered Calendar Management
Part 1 of this investigation of Layered Calendar Management in Microsoft Project explored the strategy and provided an overview of the features in MS Project that make the approach possible. This...
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Toolmaking – Utility Excel Macros for Project Managers
We, as Homo sapiens, are toolmakers. This capability is one of the primary separators of our species from all of the others on the planet. We find a problem, a repeated action, something that annoys us...
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Downloads – Utility Excel Macros for Project Managers
Download Manifest – Utility Excel Macros for Project Managers Module_PointProx.bas COPYING.txt Download files: Excel utility macros and VBA code for project managers and other professionals.
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Seeing the Future – Scrum Product Vision Creation
To quote Ken Schwaber: “The minimum plan necessary to start a Scrum project consists of a vision and a Product Backlog. The vision describes why the project is being undertaken and what the desired end...
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Second Stride – Getting Started with Agile Requirements
So, you have defined your product vision. You have gained approval to proceed with refining what the product should be. In other words, you will be determining what the requirements should be. In scrum...
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Future in the Past – Part 1: Brief History of Agile
How did agile software engineering practices evolve? What were the initial software engineering practices, what were they based on, and what were the challenges that brought about the development of...
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