In a previous blog post I explained (and hopefully convinced you) that measuring “percent complete” literally causes your projects to take longer.
In a previous blog post I explained (and hopefully convinced you) that measuring “percent complete” literally causes your projects to take longer.
One of the most difficult things about making process improvements is knowing where to start. Doing the wrong thing is a waste of time and money, and...
In general, companies can take two approaches to calculating risk exposure, a quantitative approach and a qualitative one. There are pluses and...
In the next three posts we discuss Agile principles and how to apply the principles in hardware development. In this post we look at delivering...
In order to examine risk exposure and uncertainty in greater detail, let's look at the different types of risks --uncertain events...
We begin the analysis phase and look at risk drivers and the 5 Whys technique - a simple and powerful technique for discovering the root of the...
A fundamental principle of Lean is smooth, continuous flow. Turbulence is caused any time that the flow of work is interrupted by something in its...
Projects are late one day at a time. So, ask yourself, do you and your team know the number one priority for today? Why does speed matter? Because...
Risk management has four steps. It is cyclical, and each risk, issue, question, and opportunity is put through the process as quickly as possible....
The first step in risk management is identifying risks and capturing them in a risk management spreadsheet. In risk identification and capture teams...
Product development is a risky business. So how do you effectively minimize the impact of risks on your project? In short, you...
The Return on Investment in project risk management is high, and therefore worth the effort.
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Did you know traditional methods of project management supported by software products like Microsoft Project have been around for over 50 years?...
What are the key principles of Lean product development? Here are seven, that if applied correctly, can transform your product development process.
Achieving project flow is what enables project teams to have greater confidence task completion and launch dates. At Playbook, we have found that...
Component procurement time, component cost, and the variety of skills needed on most hardware development projects are greater and represent in our...
In a previous blog post, I mentioned how electronic lean/agile/kanban visual project management...
Have you ever imagined what it would be like working in a company where you were literally supporting 3 to...
It's critical to capture the objects impacted by a risk in order to understand risk exposure, as well as...
Whether you’re trying to quit biting your nails, snacking late at night, or transforming your culture to Lean, change is tough. For the latter it...
Evaluating risks starts by defining and understanding a project’s objectives. If there aren’t any objectives,...
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