CPED Instructor Scott Converse explores how queue theory can help the manager with project pipeline delays.
Project Management
Managing the Project Pipeline: Part One
There are many variables that affect project pipeline performance; all we have to do is examine more closely the Little’s Law formula.
Size Does Matter for Effective Project Management
The three-tier model of options common for many product and service categories can also be applied to effective project management professional development.
Three Tips for Project Management Spring Cleaning
Think about how your project teams and organization would benefit from clutter reduction, repairs and improvement, and adding a touch of innovation where appropriate.
Agile vs. Phase-Based Project Management
What exactly is the difference between the Agile and phase-based project management frameworks? Is one approach more effective than the other? In some ways, this is the question when discussing project management.
When to Write Use Cases – A Checklist
A use case has been described as a formalized story that illustrates how someone procedurally interacts with an existing or proposed system.
Managing Conflicts Effectively in Teams
CPED’s Project Leadership Communication program develops the skills necessary to manage conflict effectively.
Agile Estimation – Feature and Story Sizing Scales
It is important for scrum masters, product owners, and teams not to outsmart themselves when developing their relative sizing scales. Effective Agile teams must develop a simple, repeatable scale for feature-level sizing and story point estimating.
You Can Stop Project Management Chaos Pt. 3
Once A project portfolio has been defined and approved, it needs to be optimized and re-balanced for performance and business value within resource capacity constraints.
You Can Stop Project Management Chaos Pt. 2
The goal of project portfolio management is to work on the right projects at the right time for the right costs balanced to resource capacity to achieve the strategic and business objectives of the organization.