To a client, is a missed due date less significant if it misses by one week instead of two? What constitutes a "well-planned" CCPM project? Can we rationalize ...
Frankly, I find this entire discussion frustrating. Although many continue to pretend that projects enjoy the luxury of dedicated resources, it is difficult...
I'm not sure how to interpret your comments, Tony. Can you elaborate? Are you suggesting that some projects must fail so others can succeed? Or the majority of...
Pete, Other, and as usual, Tony is right. How many projects are you working on, now? More than one I'll bet. How many of each resource (plumber, electrician,...
I'd refer to "well-planned" as "reasonably-planned", meaning overall it is reasonably credible to the subject matter experts responsible for the project...
Resources are finite, in number and in capacity. If we try to do too much with what we have, we end up starting many things and finishing nothing. Further, if...
Hi Tony, I can understand your feelings. I am glad you raise the important issue of resource allocation to multiple projects being carried out simultaneously....
Yes, local optimization comes at the expense of global performance, and global optimization comes at the expense of local performance. But success, or failure,...
Prasad Your first paragraph clearly (again) demonstates your ignorance of variation and CCPM; particularly the penultimate sentence. Please do not comment as...
Hi, Peter The answer to your question is yes, in some circumstances. At least, if you have a conventional plan to start with that provides some necessary...
Larry, I think I acquired a good concept of variation from the work carried out by many scientists over a few conturies. Otherwise, I would have adopted some...
Prasad, To provide you the specific comment that Larry was referring toat issue is ... The problem is that youčve written this as if you can prove, 100%...
Steve, I agree with you. Thanks for your advice. I think I exceeded certain limits in that post. I should have asked some probing questions in stead of making...
Larry, Prediction is important, but sometimes it just becomes another form of Parkinson's Law. Would the rules of engagement come from Agile? I have not...
A few 'black swan' questions (from someone who hasn't -- but soon will -- read the book). Are we assuming that black-swan events are always negative? If so,...
Floods are funny old things aren't they. I don't know that they qualify as Black Swans at any level though. Why? Because even though they low probability for...
Prasad quoted from a posting by Jim Bowles as: "Would someone please explain to me the difference between project planning (the PERT) and resource scheduling?...
Jim, I'd like to discuss further, Failures of Execution. First, how do you separate them from the planning process? The only way to measure them as failures is...
Hi, Justin Regarding your first piont: NO! The whole point of Taleb's book is to work a strategy to use the positive Black Swans. He made a lot of money doing...
Hi, Peter Do a WEB search on Agile project management, and you will find some good stuff. You might also try "Scrum". The "confirmation bias" is to accept...
Jim, I'd like to discuss further, Failures of Execution. First, how do you separate them from the planning process? The only way to measure them as failures is...
Hi, Steve Thanks for making the points. I was too tired of repeating this for Prasad to do it again. And, of course, there is the most obvious: resource...
Hi Prasad "None are so blind as those who will not see". I am sorry, but your inabilty to understand the most basic elements of CCPM, as layed out in my books...
Larry, Thanks for the WEB-research suggestions, I'll try that. I was hoping for some book recommendations, though. I love to read :) "Projects fail because of...
Peter said: My feeling is that there has to be a way to adequately manage them on the fly. This is a very telling sentence those of the words of a...
"Seeking to decouple the execution from the plan may be a worse mistake than trying to decouple resource assignment from scheduling in the first place."...
Larry, I think that in many cases (not just projects), some people benefit from favorable Blank Swans (Silver Swans) by getting professional credit for good...
Peter "Seeking to decouple the execution from the plan may be a worse mistake than trying to decouple resource assignment from scheduling in the first place." ...
Peter, Good question. Buffer management is (mostly) about NOT reacting to every "crisis." When something is taking too long, running over budget, or not coming...
