Monday, May 31, 2010

Two Types of Constraints in Project Management

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Two Types of Constraints in Project Management

Tasks and Constraints go hand in hand. Life is full of tasks. So is a Project. Project Management consists of lot of planning and re-planning. If everything goes smooth as per plan, there is never a need of re-planning. In real-life scenario this doesn’t happen. Constraints are the generators of problems and problems need solutions. For addressing a problem and providing an alternative to suit as a best possible solution creates the need for re-planning.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

Five Benefits of Software Testing On Cloud

In a normal scenario testing of a product is done within the organization by the quality/ test team members. Lately as cloud computing came into the picture, a new concept of testing on cloud has emerged, though not many companies have jumped into it.

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Project Management and Project Data

Data collected for any purpose is useless in three cases – one, if it is not collected in standardized form, two, if it is being collected just for the sake of collection thereby not doing any analysis and three, if no thought process is gone on analyzed data to improve the situation.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Project Management and Post Project Closure Scenario

After the completion of a software project, the project closure report or project sign off starts a new experience. The users start practical usage of the product in live scenario. The management starts expecting the useful information in form of reports and screens to manage the business more efficiently. Above all everyone expects more comfort and more confidence.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

How Important is Support Data

Post implementation support includes customer registering the problems related to the product and the product owner resolving it. There has to be an agreement or contract of service that defines the level of support.

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Project Management and Project Direction

If the Project Manager doesn’t know the direction of the wind, he can’t be a good sailor. To drive a project a project manager need to set certain milestones. To make these milestones achievable on a regular basis (weekly, daily, hourly) he needs to break these milestones into tasks and sub tasks. These tasks are assigned to appropriate team members with the mutual consent on deadlines to finish the task.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Project Management and Project Performance

Project performance is the resultant of performance of each and every component of the project. Components of the project means – various team members. These team members are assigned various tasks and sub tasks of the project. The result of these assignments collectively draws out the overall project performance at any moment.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Project Management and Project Results

Every project has a number of milestones. The achievement of each milestone establishes a landmark covered in the project thereby reducing the distance to the final destination. The milestone is divided into a number of tasks which are further divided into sub-tasks. A set of tasks is assigned to a team and the sub tasks associated are distributed among the team members.

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