tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57963617315489901142024-03-13T07:03:21.560+01:00Project Management Crumbspmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-29032561617313215922018-10-11T18:10:00.001+02:002018-10-11T18:10:27.213+02:00Is creativity generated by partial disagreement in a team?
The four stages of a team
Every new team is bound to pass through four main stages before reaching what we could call a "productive maturity", namely Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing.
Forming
Forming is the first stage of a team when people are selected and assigned. Team members start to know each other, usually in a low-engagement and low-trust environment. The stage is pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-74713908141833340072018-05-03T18:51:00.000+02:002018-05-03T18:51:04.862+02:00Practical Earned Value Management
Introduction
The Earned Value Management (EVM) is a well-known and widely used technique, to monitor and control the budget of a project.
Since there are a lot of good books and posts about the theoretical approach to EVM, we will walk through it following an applicative perspective. The followed approach will enable us to apply EVM concepts to real situations, right from the beginning. pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-1579304643411057112018-04-12T22:41:00.001+02:002018-04-12T22:41:18.147+02:00Agile Projects & Lazy Contracts
Here is my speech about Agile Project Management and contracts at the Torino Agile Conference 2018.
The video is in Italian but slides are in English.
Agile projects & Lazy Contracts from Emanuele Passera
Enjoy and feel free to contact me for feedback, advices, questions, or just to say hello.
pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-83182124672005484362018-03-19T21:59:00.000+01:002018-03-19T22:01:05.737+01:00Impact Mapping - How to Map Requirements to Business Value
Impact Mapping is a goal-oriented requirements practice, largely described in the book Impact Mapping - Making a Big Impact With Software Product and Projects by Gojko Adzic, on which this post is based.
Do not be deceived by the title of the book; the Impact Mapping technique can be applied proficiently to all kind of projects, in different industries.
The idea is that pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-14325164566756781632017-09-25T22:07:00.000+02:002017-09-25T22:07:44.349+02:007 things that sailing taught me about project management
Sailing is a wonderful experience.
If you have never sailed in your life, you can hardly imagine the beauty of this sport.
The touch of the sun on the skin, the scent of saltwater, the splash of water on the hull, the majestic strength of the wind when it comes to the sail, and of course the sense of peace and freedom that you feel by rolling on the waves.
Whether you are passionate about pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-909006385193419152017-05-17T18:11:00.000+02:002017-05-17T19:41:27.784+02:003 KPIs to Select a Project
In the last two posts, we talked about the utilization of KPIs in project management, identifying 10 simple KPIs, useful to keep a project under control from different perspectives.
In the present post, we will identify indicators, useful to select which projects in a portfolio are more worth to be executed.
Before diving into the world of indicators, we have to make a quick clarification.
It pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-84080907638939507342017-04-14T14:17:00.003+02:002017-05-15T15:10:57.403+02:0010 KPIs to Keep Your Projects Under Control
In the last post post of this series, we talked about the utilization of KPIs in project management.
We discussed the usefulness of KPIs to monitor the health status of a project, and we introduced some of the characteristics a KPI should have to be effective.
We also stressed the point that, as project managers, we are not bonded to rigid financial formalisms.
pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-64106996049737964652017-02-20T22:27:00.000+01:002017-05-15T15:11:18.103+02:006 questions about the use of KPI in project management
What is a KPI?
A Key Performance Indicator, or KPI, is an index that monitors the behavior of a process, be it the financial results of a corporation, the suitability of a mechanized production line, or the performances of a project.
Why use PKIs?
A KPI is a kind of medical check-up of a process, and, similar to medical tests, you get the maximum out of it if you perform a regular pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-23099844474574654412017-01-31T16:32:00.001+01:002017-01-31T16:34:19.709+01:00Free e-book "What are the most common challenges with agile?"
My friend Alison Wood, from Knowledge Train, recently released this wonderful e-book about the most common challenges with Agile Project Management.
Six insights from six practitioners, whose I am proud to be part.
Don't wait, get your free copy right now!
pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-2160906519376465452016-07-27T16:05:00.000+02:002016-07-27T16:05:01.696+02:00"Jack, Jane, and the cat" AKA "The pragmatic project manager"
Jane, last year, gifted his boyfriend Jack, a kitten for Christmas.
Jack is a professional photographer, and his job, during the year, keeps him away from home for several weeks in a row.
In January, Jack went in Brasil for a 6 weeks photo-shooting job in the Amazonian forest. He did not give the cat in custody to someone, nor left food in some kind of automatic dispenser for the cat to eat.
pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-31845891569013101012016-06-06T18:11:00.000+02:002016-06-06T18:11:32.889+02:00Kanban environment - An introduction - 02
In the first post of the series, we have introduced the concepts at the base of a Kanban system. In the following, we will show 4 easy steps to model any process and to represent it in a Kanban environment.
First step - Map the process
The first step to take is to map the process to be monitored and controlled with kanban.
Care must be taken to describe the process as it is pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-83169342690675562722016-04-17T11:24:00.000+02:002016-04-17T11:24:20.118+02:00Kanban environment - An introduction - 01
There is a lot of interest, in the project manager community, about Kanban. Since I have noticed some degree of confusion about the topic, I have decided to write a series of posts about the argument. In the series we will examine the characteristics of a Kanban system, how it could be implemented to control a process, common pitfalls encountered during the transition toward Kanban, and advice pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-42442384331231420192016-02-22T19:28:00.000+01:002016-02-22T19:28:22.416+01:00What do you need to successfully run your business?
What do you need to successfully run your business? from Emanuele Passera PMP, Prince2 Practitioner
Quest' opera è distribuita con licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 3.0 Unported.pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-70863054748071654632016-01-26T20:35:00.000+01:002016-01-26T20:35:08.602+01:00Some Lessons Learned About Conflict Management
Many years ago, I attended a course about assertiveness.
The course was part of a development program which my company adhered to, and, as a consequence, myself and a colleague of mine were subscribed to the initiative.
Wikipedia defines assertiveness as The quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive. In the field of psychology and psychotherapy, it is apmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-58149988105922775582015-12-16T22:14:00.000+01:002018-04-13T14:47:30.838+02:00Agile planning and the story points approach - Part 02
In the last post post of this series, we have discussed an Agile project management estimation technique, useful when planning in a context of high uncertainty.
The estimation of tasks' sizes using story points.
The concept at the core of the evaluation by story points technique is to estimate activities’ related efforts, instead of activities’ actual durations. Then, as the project pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-32876912588078333492015-11-19T22:00:00.000+01:002015-11-19T22:00:17.850+01:00Project Data and Stakeholders Perception
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine told me he had bought a DVD, as a present for his son’s fourth birthday.
The movie plotted the story of a father, whose wife and children had been slaughtered, years before, by a mean serial killer. Years later, the only son that survived the massacre, who had in the meantime developed a severe motorial disability, was kidnapped during a school trip.
pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-50836952529149551052015-09-25T14:12:00.000+02:002015-09-25T14:12:07.075+02:00Deliver soon and frequently - an Agile approach to planning
My family and I, live in a minuscule Italian country town. We are lucky enough to inhabit a house surrounded by a private garden, in which our kids can safely play. Our sons are seven and four years old.
As a side effect, my house is often crowded with children from April to October. In some particular occasion, as birthdays, I have personally counted more than 20 children playing pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-82816158929190519622015-08-27T20:11:00.000+02:002015-08-27T20:11:59.874+02:00European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS)
The European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) is an initiative established in 1993, to improve standardization within the European aerospace sector.
ECSS objective was the development of a set of unique, coherent, and Omni comprehensive standards, to be used in all European aerospace activities.
History
Figure 1 shows the main events in ECCS’s history on a timeline.
pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-26837694848647851572015-06-30T22:01:00.000+02:002015-06-30T22:01:34.150+02:00Perception and project management processes value
Perception is a funny thing; this, if nothing, I have learned in my life.
It has never happened to you, to involuntary hurt someone else’s feelings, just by sending him/her one e-mail, which you thought was neutral? On the other hand, have you ever been upset by a friend’s humorous comment, that, in the author’s intentions, was meant to be no more than a joke?
If this is the case, as I guesspmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-54123019692570691812015-05-23T11:21:00.002+02:002015-05-23T11:21:49.030+02:00From Start-up to corporate - Why you still need some "crazy" project
Hi to everyone,
Some time ago, I was asked to give a short presentation during a kick-off meeting, showing to all the project's stakeholders, the reasons why the project had been chartered.
The result astonished me, because, apart the peculiarities of that project, the bottom line message was something more intense that I had expected.
In this post, I want to propose you that message, with apmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-58182097007658285252015-05-12T13:38:00.000+02:002015-05-12T13:38:25.506+02:009 lessons learned about why we need project management
Hi to everyone,
This post is derived from a keynote speech that I held during a conference on Agile project management. The object is 9 lessons that I learned in my career about the need for project management.
This time I prefer to give room to images and slides rather than writing my thoughts.
9 lessons learned about introducing project management from Emanuele Passerapmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-40442124105925335772015-04-27T22:16:00.000+02:002015-04-27T22:16:25.134+02:00Which are the agile project management's disruptive features?
Some years ago, an expert program manager told me that agile project management was like sex seen by teenagers. Everybody keep saying that he does it, just a few really do it, and almost anyone does it properly.
I do not know if this was a sentence of her own, or if she had read it somewhere. I can recall that such a judgment, at the time, had seemed to me a little bit too harsh. This beforepmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-55583444865044723092015-03-30T19:13:00.000+02:002015-03-30T19:13:17.262+02:00Agile planning and the story points approach - Part 01
We begin with this post a series dedicated to the exploration of a well-known agile planning techniques. The story points estimation method.
In this post, we will introduce some fundamental concepts with the aid of a very simple example. In subsequent posts, we will dive a little more into depth, discussing why this approach works, exposing common pitfalls and, hopefully, answering some doubts.
pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-77171030184814008372015-02-19T22:15:00.000+01:002016-01-22T16:14:30.470+01:00What my sons taught me about conflicts management
I am a proud father of two kids.
The elder is six years old, and the younger is three.
They get along very well but sometimes, as you may imagine, they quarrel like two cheetah cubs.
Photo Credit: Smithsonian's National Zoo via Compfight cc
The reason is usually something insignificant, like a disagreement on who has to perform Captain America and Red Skull or the temporary possession of apmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796361731548990114.post-59755133891805383042015-02-09T15:08:00.001+01:002015-06-26T17:24:12.001+02:00Planning in a changing environment - Does it exist a perfect plan, and does it matter?
Which characteristics should a perfect project management plan possess?
Find an answer to the above question could be a very interesting intellectual exercise, but not very useful. Rather, I think that this activity would be a complete waste of time, not worth the effort. Do you know why?
Because I think it does not exist such a thing as a perfect plan, and even if it did, I won't be very pmcrumbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734407882934861464noreply@blogger.com0