By chance I found a blog this evening that includes an excerpt from a book by an architect talking about the proper level of planning to use when coming up...
HI Larry Let me see if I can get below the surface of your question. You saw Bob Fox talking about going back to basics and looking at some of the earliest...
Larry After I had sent this reply I then looked at Bob Fox's paper. If you compare what I have written you will find that it mirrors what Bob says. I hope that...
... Hey Larry I was just clarifying (for me mostly) that Tony's response was not as accurate as I know him to be... and was viewing the thread indented, and...
Hey Larry (et al) How did the event go (May 13-15 as I recall) at Weber? Are presentations available somewhere? I would have liked to attend a number of...
How would you know how much the project would last or would cost, if you haven't planned it completely? ... -- __________________________________ Santiago...
... Hello Steve, Can you provide a number where I can reach you? Tony Rizzo +1 908 264 8520 desk +1 908 230 5348 mobile Lean, Six Sigma, etc... all newbies! ...
Hi, Larry! In your last paragraph you wrote: "So, I think leadership needs to somehow be one element of the system archetypes. Note that was completely missing...
Hi Dorina, Thank you for the clarity. I find that people often expend considerable energy arriving at an answer, without first having bothered to figure out if...
... ...or if the business has the skills that the project requires, or if it has the technologies, or if it has relationships with the right development ...
Larry, and others who attended, Like ski, I am interested in an assessment of the event. I was unfortunately committed to a mere sailing week on a 46 foot...
Hi, Steve Thanks for a good input. I like the tie to variation. No one asked me the source of the detail recommendations I give; i.e. less than 10% of the...
Hi, Jim I too spotted the problem with Tony's terminonlogy, but decided to let it pass in the interest of the ongoing discussion. I guess I should not have, as...
What is then the project plan in the PMP world? thanks! ... -- __________________________________ Santiago Velásquez Martínez "Two roads diverged in a wood,...
Hi, Jim Thanks for the history lesson. I was not aware of it. I suppose what I am asking to consider is similar for Projects. When I suggested it, I had not...
Hi, Ski I missed your restatement. I agree it is better, because it is simpler. Regards, Larry Leach ... the ... as ... to ... never ... to ... given...
Ski and others, The presentations are available at: http://www.cpi-symposiums.com/info.html I wasn't able to attend, but it sounds like it went well. Rick...
Hi, Joe I was able to attend the Weber State Continuous Prcess Improvement (CPI) seminar for two of the three days, and found it quite excellent. There will be...
Hi, Adail Thanks for the reference. I will replace "completely" with "largely" missing if I have occassion to make the point again. A brief reference to a...
Hi, Santiago What, you don't have a copy of the "Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (aka PMBOK Guide)? The Project Plan provides all project...
... Hello Larry, Please follow the link, for my response to your statement: http://totalmatrix.blogspot.com/ Tony Rizzo +1 908 264 8520 desk +1 908 230 5348...
... A plan is an engineering model of a physical system, no more, no less. It comes with the responsibility that accompanies all engineering models. Tony...
... Isn't that "tampering?" Tony Rizzo +1 908 264 8520 desk +1 908 230 5348 mobile Lean, Six Sigma, etc... all newbies! The unification theory has more than a...
Hi, Tony Maybe that is an OK definition of an Engineering Plan. It seems to me to be a definition of a model, but I am not working that issue here. A Project...
Hi, Tony LOL It could be, in the same way any control system can comprise tampering: by being unstable. In my experience, the Project Plan control loop always...
Hi, All This is a pretty good clarification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_plan Regards, Larry Leach ... sufficient ... as ... indeed ... meetings...
Hi, All Here is a pretty good outline for a Project Plan that I found on the WEB. Please note that one must scale Project Plan content to the project. Small,...
No. I think Justin's argument is based on the concept of TOC in the first place. In the production world you absolutely do not need to see the detail of all...
Hi Larry, I don't disagree with you. The information contained in plans is used for multimillion-dollar decisions long before the corresponding projects are ...
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