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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Taking stock of a failed project

Some projects just go wrong. It’s a fact of life. Projects go over budget, blow their schedules, squander their resources. Sometimes they go off the rails so spectacularly that there’s nothing you can do except (literally) pick up the pieces and try to learn whatever lessons you can so you don’t repeat the failure in [...]

Iterative development is not unplanned development

I got a great question from a software developer who also happens to be a fellow CMU alum. I have a question related to managing scope creep with respect to “on-going”/iterative development processes. I’m currently managing a project where we’re redesigning my application’s primary workflow. Simply put, the app is currently designed to have users [...]

Announcing Head First PMP, 2nd edition!

“I teach Project Management for for a project management firm and its clients. Using Head First PMP exclusively as the course material, my students have an 84% first time passing rate for the PMP and CAPM. This is by far the very best and most complete book for anyone looking to improve their project management [...]