Hello all What tool do you suggest one can use for working with people all around the world? Let's say you have a project in USA, delopers in India,...
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Prasad Velaga
prasad_velag...
Oct 1, 2007 4:46 pm
I guess Microsoft is working on a web-based tool for collaborative planning of software projects. For reference, see ...
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Rajko Ilincic
rilincic
Oct 1, 2007 4:51 pm
Hi Santiago, For starters I would recommend to use a bug tracking system that is on the intranet with access available to all team members, such as Bugzilla or...
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Adail Retamal
adail_retamal
Oct 1, 2007 5:06 pm
Actually Microsoft has already bought a collaboration tool back in 2005, called Groove. It's creator is the same mind behind Lotus Notes, a very popular...
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C. Wayne Turner, PMP
zullaboy
Oct 1, 2007 5:33 pm
Santiago, There are many useful web-based and semi-web-based possibilities for you. After looking around for months, I’ve begun using a combination of ...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
Oct 1, 2007 7:44 pm
Santiago- Interesting question. Not completely related to CCPM... But this is a big interest area for me. It all depends on what you are really trying to do...
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Clarke Ching
clarkeching
Oct 1, 2007 8:19 pm
Hi Santiago Interesting question but I'm going to answer a differet question: how do you get one team working productively when it is spread across multiple...
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Tony Rizzo
tocguy2000
Oct 1, 2007 11:32 pm
"The trouble is ... I don't know the definitive answer...." I do. The problem is structural. Most companies lack a control system, and a project manager is an...
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Richard
rzultner
Oct 2, 2007 5:30 pm
Larry wrote: "In my experience, projects do not get into trouble because they lack detail in the network. They are instead impacted by things that the network...
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Santiago Velásquez...
ifsavel
Oct 2, 2007 11:51 pm
http://people.howstuffworks.com/murphys-law.htm -- __________________________________ Santiago Velásquez Martínez "The important thing is not to stop...
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Jim Bowles
mikeorjim2003
Oct 3, 2007 9:34 am
Hi Larry et al I was reminded this morning that we already had a term for unknown unknowns – our old friend “Murphy”. The passage below seems most...
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Prasad Velaga
prasad_velag...
Oct 3, 2007 10:46 am
Hi Jim, Some of you might know Geometric distribution which represents the probability distribution of how many times you have to toss a coin until you get...
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Santiago Velásquez...
ifsavel
Oct 3, 2007 10:36 pm
This being what sums it all beautifully: "If you make something idiot-proof, the world will create a better idiot." ... -- __________________________________ ...
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Santiago Velásquez...
ifsavel
Oct 3, 2007 10:52 pm
Richard, do you have the cloud for: "Not once, but many times during the year. Upon investigation, it turned out that there were policy conflicts that caused...
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Edgard Calia
edgardcalia
Oct 4, 2007 2:33 am
The truck story is no swan, of any colour. It is "just"a special cause uncertainty, not to be covered by CCPM methodology in itself. I am really impressed by...
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mentornz1
Oct 8, 2007 8:11 am
Is there someone who can say what the official (and possibly unofficial) view is from PMI regarding CCPM? Many years ago I was able to download the PMBOK but...
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Adail Retamal
adail_retamal
Oct 8, 2007 12:56 pm
John, Unfortunately PMI's view on CC is disappointing... :( A search for "critical chain" inside the PMBOK 2004 yields these feeble excerpts: Chapter 6:...
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Ramanan.Jagannathan@...
lalgudi
Oct 8, 2007 5:01 pm
I gave a very elementary presentation on Critical Chain in a local PMP forum and also mentioned about the coverage of PMI on critical chain, when answering...
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Crispin ("Kik&qu...
pineyk
Oct 8, 2007 5:36 pm
Could it be that this is compounded by some confused messages from the CCPM community? I went to a presentation on CCPM sponsored by my local PMI chapter and...
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Prasad Velaga
prasad_velag...
Oct 8, 2007 5:42 pm
Hi Adail, Thanks for providing a few excerpts. A part of the description of critical chain is: "Initially, the schedule network is built using activity logic, ...
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Lawrence
lawrence_leach
Oct 9, 2007 3:24 pm
Hi, Adail I sent them detail comments for the 3rd edition of the PMBOK Guide. They rejected most of them. My comments may be the only reason they have...
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Lawrence
lawrence_leach
Oct 9, 2007 3:35 pm
Hi, Kik I too have seen crappy presentations on CCPM. I have also seen worse presentations on conventional PM at PMI conferences, so CCPM gets not distinction...
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Justin Roff-Marsh
justinroffmarsh
Oct 9, 2007 3:40 pm
If CCPM and the PMI are philosophically divided (we proceed from differing fundamental premises), I wonder if we should even be trying to get CCMP included in...
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Lawrence
lawrence_leach
Oct 9, 2007 3:57 pm
Hi, Prasad One need not calculate the critical path first for CCPM projet plans. Thus, despite my attempts to help them get it right, the second and third...
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Lawrence
lawrence_leach
Oct 9, 2007 4:18 pm
Hi, Justin PMI and the CCPM community are completely aligned on goals. One might consider the parallels between an organization such as PMI and a religion,...
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Justin Roff-Marsh
justinroffmarsh
Oct 9, 2007 4:38 pm
Larry Thank you for humouring my dumb metaphor! I'm guessing that the PM community is similar to the accounting community in that the academics appreciate the...
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Santiago Velásquez...
ifsavel
Oct 9, 2007 7:21 pm
Hi Larry, "I answer the EV question with "of course you can use EV with CCPM...for cost control", and show them how, using a cost buffer. I also demonstrate...
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Brian Potter
jmbrpotter
Oct 11, 2007 3:34 am
Colleagues, I received an off-list communication from Robert Nazareth, a certified PMP and a LinkedIn connection of mine. Since I'm not closely aware of goings...
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Jim Bowles
mikeorjim2003
Oct 11, 2007 10:37 am
Hi Brian I liked your thoughtful posting: But I think your final comments suggest a deeper cloud – maybe as follows: D: Use proven methods – (Do not switch...
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Adail Retamal
adail_retamal
Oct 11, 2007 11:53 am
Brian, When I heard the news yesterday about Boeing's delay I commented with my wife: they use CCPM... Then the reporter said that there was some problems with...
