Herding Cats

IE7

I know I should have listened to the pundents, but I didn't. I down load Internet Explorer 7. So far it gets a C- grade for simple things: Why didn't they (MSFT) check out how IE7 worked with common sites,... Read more →

Charts for Metrics

I'm involved with two clients on "bottom up" performance metrics engagements. Most of our engagements start at the top with a Balanced Scorecard and work our way down. But these clients have asked us to take their current metrics and... Read more →

Project Management Research

Research is to see what everybody has seen and to think what nobody else has thought — Albert Szent-Gyorgi What does it say about Project Management Research, when the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge has no... Read more →

New Books on the Shelf

Fall is setting in, ski season is almost here - Arapaho Basin is open and our 15 & 16 year olds are chomping at the bit to strap on the boards. Cycling season is still here, so not so fast... Read more →

Unanticipated Events

Hal Macomber posted a reference to Johanna Rothman's post on Unanticipated Events. I mentioned one approach to probabilistic planning in a previous post. Ken Flowers Risk Metrics is a pretty good start on the topic. Johanna's approach brings up some... Read more →

Project Failures

Failure of an IT project starts with an inability to define the meaning of the word “Done” and connect done with the with the word “Progress” Read more →