What methodologies are you using in professional project management engagements? Web links appreciated.
Dave.
D.E.R. Management - IT Project Management Consulting
Dave.
D.E.R. Management - IT Project Management Consulting
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Methodologies?
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I use what ever the client mandates. I certainly wouldn't use any methodology that I wasn't forced to. Where no local standard has been imposed I've always been able to get by with a minimum of simple documents appropriate to the place and the project. My default approach is data-oriented RAD.
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Hmmm, OK, so I should enhance my question...
"For what kinds of projects are you using which methodologies?" That way we get the context of the work you're doing and how you're approaching it.
D.E.R. Management - IT Project Management Consulting
"For what kinds of projects are you using which methodologies?" That way we get the context of the work you're doing and how you're approaching it.
D.E.R. Management - IT Project Management Consulting
I think you need to list what methodologies you are thinking of.
I've worked for many large organisations and they all have their own. I did some work for the UK Government and they claimed to use Prince II ( and old fashioned product-based waterfall scheme) but in fact they used the opposite. Everything was done in reverse-order ie specs were generated after the design etc. The specifications weren't worth the paper they were written on. Complete bollox and needless to say, the budget grew by 10% every month and the chances of achieving anything diminished by the same factor.
My experience is methodologies depend on religion rather than project type. Companies choose a governance approach for political reasons rather than what type of situation they are in.
I'd love to be more constructive but almost exclusively IT is chaotic and illogical. There are exceptions but they are rare.
I've worked for many large organisations and they all have their own. I did some work for the UK Government and they claimed to use Prince II ( and old fashioned product-based waterfall scheme) but in fact they used the opposite. Everything was done in reverse-order ie specs were generated after the design etc. The specifications weren't worth the paper they were written on. Complete bollox and needless to say, the budget grew by 10% every month and the chances of achieving anything diminished by the same factor.
My experience is methodologies depend on religion rather than project type. Companies choose a governance approach for political reasons rather than what type of situation they are in.
I'd love to be more constructive but almost exclusively IT is chaotic and illogical. There are exceptions but they are rare.
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My most common methodology is CVP, which has origins in contruction trades/projects but also seems to bolt up nicely to IT projects of many sorts. Strong on benefits analysis and stage-and-gate reviews for governance. Weak on enforcing stakeholders' total buyin. I know there are things like OPM3 etc that might be of merit.
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Have a chew on this lot:
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