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Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

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This book should be required reading for anyone involved with development, from a single programmer in a small company to a vice-president of a large corporation. ”

No, only if we have time. If you keep your priorities lean, there will always be many very good ideas that didn’t make the cut. Express this as a relative decision: the idea in question might be good, but not good enough relative to the other work and the project priorities. If the item is on the priority 2 list, convey that it’s possible it will be done, but that no one should bet the farm assuming it will happen. I’ve finally managed to finish reading Scott Berkun’s The Art of Project Management. My review in two words: Buy it.” All estimates are probabilities.** Because schedules are collections of estimations, they are also probabilities. This works against scheduling precision because probabilities are cumulative (80% x 80% = 64%).Feature (project managers and designers): A feature defines a specific design that satisfies the requirement, this way describing a possible scenario from the customer's perspective. Design / specification complete. All design and spec briefs are finished, and the team is ready to write a code.

This is an excerpt from Making Things Happen, the classic bestselling book on leading project teams, decision making and everything any leader of a project should know.Drawing on the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Project (PERRP), this volume explores the sociocultural side of post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. As the latter is often fraught with delays and even abandonment—one cause being ineffective interactions between construction and local people—PERRP used anthropological and participatory approaches. Along with strong construction management, such approaches led to the rebuilding being completed on time. As disasters are increasing in number and intensity, so too will be the need for reconstruction, for which PERRP has lessons to offer.

The person who has control over writing the specifications **should have clear authority**. A review process is the simplest way to define and control the quality of the specifications. I'm sorry, but nothing 'just happens'. Stuff happens because either we make it happen or we let it." If you are feeling desperate and tired before your time is up, it is time to evaluate how you spend your time. Ensure that your minutes are not wasted on useless activities. Each minute must count towards the achievement of your goals. ConclusionHe did two things for me: he reminded me that not only did I have alternatives, but also that it was still my authority to make the decision. As tired as I was, I left his office convinced there were more paths to explore and that it was my job to do so. My ownership of the issue, which he’d reconfirmed, helped motivate me to be relentless. The solution was lurking inside one of them, and I just had to find it. Like the dozens of other issues I was managing at the same time, I eventually found a solution (there was an engineering workaround), but only because I hunted for it: it was not going to come and find me. The best managers take time to earn trust. Trust is built through effective commitment when we agree to do something within a specific timeframe. And it is lost when we demonstrate inconsistent behavior, acting unpredictably and refusing to fulfill our commitments.

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