Archive for September, 2009

Paper: Qualitative Methods of Risk Analysis

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

A paper written by Greg Betros covering the Monte Carlo simulation technique and why it is different to other techniques currently in use today in Risk Assessment.

How do I Exclude Enterprise Resources from the Resource Usage View?

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

A simple trick to filter out the unwanted enterprise resources in your Resource Usage view.

Schedule Doctor Update

Friday, September 11th, 2009

The schedule doctor is nearly here!

Part 2: Defining Monte Carlo Simulation

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

What requirements do I need to run a proper Monte Carlo risk simulation and analysis? this article lists the requirements and explains why you need certain elements.

Part 1: Defining Monte Carlo Simulation

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Monte Carlo Simulation is a difficult beast to comprehend. This artcile, part one of a two part write up, examines the definition of Monte Carlo Simulations.

Project Control and Monitoring Functions

Monday, September 7th, 2009

What are the main functions of project control and monitoring? Why is it so difficult to implement these functions throughout organisations? This article examines the reasons for the difficulties in controlling projects and how to get around them.

I.T. Projects – PMBOK and PRINCE2 do Work!

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Recently I read a web article that complained bitterly about PM’s and how I.T. projects can never conform to PMBOK and PRINCE2 methodologies. The guy spoke like a true software engineer with that same distaste for upper Project Management as seen by many engineering firms.
This artcile examines why he was so darn wrong!