Herding Cats

MSFT Project Issues

I received a comment that needs to be commented on... In my opinion, the major deficiencies of MS Project are, and always have been: 1. It cannot display or print a pictorial WBS; The PERT Chart Expert tool provides the... Read more →

PMBOK's Bad Advice

There are several project management "errors" to be found in PMBOK. One is the concept of performing math on the risk matrix. Figure 11-8. Probability and Impact Matrix in PMBOK 2003 describes how the probability of occurrence and impact on... Read more →

Why Aerospace and Defense is Different

The aerospace and defense (A&D) project we work are different from IT projects for several reasons: Mission - there is usually a clear cut mission? Fly to Mars, build and fly some kind of machine, build some kind of software... Read more →

Plan It Forward

What's the role of Planning? Planning of any sort? Full on DoD 5000.2 Program Life Cycle planning? Or XP planning game played every other week with the small group of developers and the customer in the same room? Planning looks... Read more →