Programs, Projects and Portfolios The terms Project Management and Program Management are often used inter-changeably, but this is incorrect. The definitions of Programs and Projects are quite different.  Similarly, the words Program and Portfolio are also often used inter-changeably. This is also not correct, as indicated by the definitions below.  Program  The PMBOK[1] definition of a […]

S-Curve – A helpful Tool for Project Planning and Project Progress Reporting I have a weakness for S-Curves and have incorporated them in the reporting packages I have developed for MS Project and MS Project Server, but hell the theory of S-Curves is not new, I didn�t invent them. S-Curves have been used as a […]

Workforce Planning Workforce Planning is the business process for ensuring that an organization has suitable access to talent – potential candidates that have the ability to undertake required activities including decisions making- to ensure future business success. Access to talent includes considering all potential resources this includes, employment, contracting out, partnerships, changing business activities to […]

Activities are the building blocks of a project. They are the lowest level of a work breakdown structure (WBS) and, as such, are the smallest subdivision of a project that directly concerns the module. If you divide activities into steps, an activity’s primary resource is typically responsible for managing and tracking the progress of the […]

 Schedules Need a Logical, Hierarchical Structure In my role as a guide and mentor to Project Mangers I’ve come across some large schedules that hadn’t used a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). All of the tasks were on the first indentation level in their MS Project Schedule. Project Managers or Schedulers that don’t use logical and […]