What Was The First Model You Used?

Craig from Better Projects asked me and other PM / BA bloggers a question that took me almost 3 weeks to answer (Am I getting slower? Approaching almost 40 so …:): “Recall the first and last analysis model you used at work. The first model I can recall using was a SWOT analysis back in …

CMM Revisited: Oh Yeah, There Is Something Outside The Project

Sometimes I tend to focus too much on the project itself; how to handle things, how to plan and deal with everyday interruption. I look and an interruption I think: “where the heck that it came from?” Well, the answer my friend is: from the outside. After running a certain project for a long while …

Numbers Are Useless To The Novice

For the subject of numbers around software projects Level 4 of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is da bomb: software as a Quantitatively Managed process. A quantitatively managed process is a defined (capability level 3) process that is controlled using statistical and other quantitative techniques. Quantitative objectives for quality and process performance are established and …