By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Here are 7 questions that will help you understand your project. These questions are sometimes referred to as the W5H2 questions. Consider answering these questions in your Project Charter. Why is this project needed? What work will the project produce? When will the work be completed? Who is responsible...
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Understanding Your Project
Simplify Weekly Project Status Reports
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Weekly project status reports don’t need to be a chore. Here is an easy way to provide relevant information to the project stakeholders without a lot of work on your part. Outline for a Simple Weekly Report: Describe the work that was accomplished since the previous report Discuss any...
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Residual vs. Secondary Risks
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP We know that risks are unknown future events that may have positive or negative influence on our projects. It is also important to identify and understand residual and secondary risks. Residual Risks Risks that remain after all of the response strategies have been implemented Secondary Risks Risks that are...
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9 Ways to Influence Your Project Team
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Authors Thamhain and Wilmon presented 9 ways to influence project teams (Information Technology Project Management, Fourth Edition”. Here’s a brief summary: Authority The legitimate hierarchical right to issue orders Assignment The project manager’s perceived ability to influence a worker’s later work assignments Budget The project manager’s perceived ability to...
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The Purpose of Scope Management
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP The PMBOK says that Scope Management is primarily concerned with defining and controlling what is and is not included in the project. But what does that really mean? The purpose of Scope Management is to: Define and document the product or service to be produced by the project Ensure...
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7 Hour Rule of Project Management
How many productive hours do you expect your people to work in a day? Rather, how many required hours do the person has to work? This depends on the labor law of the country but for my insight I will use the standard 8 hours we have from where I come from. While productive hours...
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Schedule Dependencies
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Here is a short review of scheduling dependencies. FS – Finish to Start (most common) A FS B The first task (A) finishes before the second task (B) can start The ‘from’ activity must finish before the ‘to’ activity can start Sweep floor FS Mop floor FF – Finish...
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A New Take on Project Leadership
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP PMI emphasizes the role of the project manager as the key figure in project leadership. It is true that the project manager leads the work effort and manages the all of the project relationships from the project sponsors and stakeholders, to the project team, and including any vendor relationships...
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Tips for Managing Your Vendors
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Frequently project managers need to reach outside their organization to acquire equipment, materials, or services to fulfill the needs of their projects. Engaging outside vendors is a complex process and is sometimes managed as a sub-project in itself. Even after successfully navigating the complexities of the RFP and contracts,...
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EVA Rules of Thumb
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Here are some basic rules to interpret the results of Earned Value calculations. Negative numbers for cost and schedule variance are bad Positive numbers are good CPI and SPI less than 100% are bad If you are studying for the PMP examination you may also find the following information...
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