Hi I am a 3rd year student of mechanical engineering and am undergoing my practical training at a manufacturing organization in the hydroelectric power...
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Frank Patrick
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Jun 26, 2001 8:29 pm
... As a general TOC practitioner, I tend to think of job shop operations as more of a production environment than a project environment. While there is ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jun 26, 2001 8:33 pm
As "host" of this group, I occasionally take a look at the various components of activity on this list. Obviously, it's been a bit quiet from the posting ...
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martin.wartenberg@...
Jun 26, 2001 10:00 pm
Hi Frank, My name is Martin Wartenberg and I work for the University of California developing and delivering Project Management courses directly into...
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Mike Walsh
d_michael_walsh@...
Jun 26, 2001 11:40 pm
Hi Martin et al, I have been assisting a big five firm with Project Management curriculum for the past three years. They have adopted and augmented the PMI...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jun 30, 2001 1:28 am
... Keep in mind that milestones simply reflect the completion of some aspect - some task - of the project. There is a distinction between milestones and...
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Ajay Puria
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Jun 30, 2001 5:44 pm
... Could you elaborate a bit on this! I would think that faster ... No doubt. But at times it would make sense to prttect intermediate milestone(s), a...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jun 30, 2001 9:40 pm
... Any project has a finite amount of "schedule safety" associated with it. (In traditional environments, that safety is usually spread out among the various...
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Ajay Puria
a_puria@...
Jul 1, 2001 4:35 pm
Message: 2 Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 17:39:29 -0400 From: Frank Patrick <fpatrick@...> Any project has a finite amount of "schedule safety" ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 5, 2001 2:58 am
Here's a question for the group . . . If you were presented with three wishes to be applied to your project management environment, what would they be? Be...
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Pepijn van de Vorst
Pepijn.vandevorst@...
Jul 7, 2001 9:50 am
Hi Frank, A very thought provoking question, you have there ;-) At first, I was tempted to think that there are lots of wishes to be applied. But when I...
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Terry Moynihan (Hot M...
terry_moynihan@...
Jul 8, 2001 10:45 am
Three wishes to be applied to the project environment 1. clear understanding of the key cost drivers of the project by stakeholders and project team members...
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Pepijn van de Vorst
Pepijn.vandevorst@...
Jul 8, 2001 7:55 pm
Hi Terry, Do you have any suggestions to facilitate stakeholders in seperating must-haves from nice-to-haves? In my experience this is one of the most...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 11, 2001 2:58 am
... hmmmm . . . that's interesting. Why the emphasis on cost in your first wish, Terry? Do you live in a cost-plus environment? -- ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 11, 2001 2:58 am
... Why? What is it about your project environment that makes you want "new PM methods/techniques?" -- ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 11, 2001 2:58 am
... A question for the group . . . What is the role of "nice-to-haves" in making commitments for a project? When is it appropriate to assign resources to work...
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Terry Moynihan
terry_moynihan@...
Jul 11, 2001 5:39 pm
I am a gold miner working in a cash negative environment, trying to apply project-based management skills to business improvement, and only just beginning to...
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Terry Moynihan
terry_moynihan@...
Jul 11, 2001 5:39 pm
Nice - to haves ... I think of these items as those that add additional value to the project, are requested/required by some of the lower ranked ...
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martin.wartenberg@...
Jul 11, 2001 9:00 pm
As a Product Developer, I have little trouble dealing with "nice to haves" I don't. During the Requirements Definition Phase, I have the "voice of the...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 12, 2001 12:57 am
... Time Box approach? You got a little box under your desk where you keep some extra time? Martin, pardon my ignorance. Can you clarify "Time Box" for me. -- ...
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martin.wartenberg@...
Jul 12, 2001 2:29 am
Hi Frank, Time Boxing is a phrase coined by Steve McConnell, the leading Software Development Guru and author of Rapid Development. It basically sets up a...
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Pepijn van de Vorst
Pepijn.vandevorst@...
Jul 12, 2001 6:53 am
Re: [CriticalChain] What's troubling you, Bunky?Pepijn > My 3 wishes would be: 1. management is open minded towards new PM methods / techniques (such as...
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Douglas M. Brown
padgettbrown@...
Jul 12, 2001 10:39 am
With reference to nice-to-haves, these should be identified as lower-priority in the requirements analysis phase. A decision is needed at that point as to...
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Terry Moynihan
terry_moynihan@...
Jul 12, 2001 10:39 am
I fully agree with your comments Martin. Just a play on words I think. I try to box things in two categories, and prioritise items in each box, obviously time...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 12, 2001 11:12 am
... Crystal clear hear, Pepijn. Group -- A couple questions. (It seems we've woken up the list a bit. Let's get a few more names into the "from" line.) Does...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 12, 2001 11:12 am
... So far, it sounds like good basic PM practice. ... hmmmm . . . I'm bothered by the idea of the buffer disappearing. Of course, though, I live in a critical...
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beatrice.basso@...
Jul 12, 2001 1:57 pm
The reason why I get too much involved into micro-managing tasks is that in my company (pharmaceutical development) we do not have dedicated resources (we are...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jul 13, 2001 12:46 am
... Yup -- The only way to try to stay on top of your projects in this kind of environment is to stay on top of the resources. Otherwise they'll work on...
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Terry Moynihan
terry_moynihan@...
Jul 13, 2001 11:12 am
Can't see the forest for the treesThe 1st thing to check, ask is "... are we in the right forest today ..." Sometimes people tend to think the problem they are...
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martin.wartenberg@...
Jul 13, 2001 3:30 pm
Hi All, This Forest from the Tree's discussion brings to mind a joke that I heard from an Instructor at the Defense Management College that fits this analogy. ...
