Something like the Balanced Scorecard, but for projects.
Hal Macomber: Ten Rules for Project Managers
Computerworld: The systems builder as leader (five skills and six practices)
APM: Body of Knowledge
PMI: Body of Knowledge
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Step 1. Make a List
I'm not sure about these lists. Using them is a bit like having food chewed for you. These particular ones are OK, don't get me wrong, but I feel a complete manager ought to have an underlying theory in mind so that lists and syllabi can be grown at will when needed.
Something like the Balanced Scorecard, but for projects.
Something like the Balanced Scorecard, but for projects.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
MainlyMartian: That dog, still dead
MainlyMartian: That dog, still dead
MainlyMartian picks up the last pieces of Beagle better than I could. His commentary of the Leicester analysis (reports available here) fills in many details and nuances.
MainlyMartian picks up the last pieces of Beagle better than I could. His commentary of the Leicester analysis (reports available here) fills in many details and nuances.
Monday, August 23, 2004
Ship, land down there.
OK, so the main problem with Beagle 2 may have been inadequate funds (surprise!) or poor risk management but a pertinent factor had to have been the control of the a tricky process like parachute landing through a planetary atmosphere.
Near open-loop control is viable when the craft under control is in a predictable medium (such as vacuum) and where the craft is essentially a rigid body. The many successful journeys to the gas giants exemplify this approach. With proper flight planning, there will be plenty of time for corrections (maybe even with an Earthman in the loop) if a manouevre doesn't get the craft into its target state.
This could be the killer application for spacecraft autonomy (more so than, say, scheduling of obervation modes). Big guns are working on it.
I would guess that some of this will be spin-off from UAV tech (very hot at Farnborough this year).
Others are more excited at the thought of autonomy in the process of going up, rather than down.
Near open-loop control is viable when the craft under control is in a predictable medium (such as vacuum) and where the craft is essentially a rigid body. The many successful journeys to the gas giants exemplify this approach. With proper flight planning, there will be plenty of time for corrections (maybe even with an Earthman in the loop) if a manouevre doesn't get the craft into its target state.
This could be the killer application for spacecraft autonomy (more so than, say, scheduling of obervation modes). Big guns are working on it.
I would guess that some of this will be spin-off from UAV tech (very hot at Farnborough this year).
Others are more excited at the thought of autonomy in the process of going up, rather than down.
Saturday, August 21, 2004
Hooray! Projects and Mindmaps
Mind maps for (small) projects!
Seen in Reforming Project Management. Hal also generally recommends the source site, Innovation Tools.
Mindmaps turn up again here. This tyime, they're made from your del.icio.us tags (a free-form open bookmark space, that certain bloggy types seem to be hot on).
Seen in Reforming Project Management. Hal also generally recommends the source site, Innovation Tools.
Mindmaps turn up again here. This tyime, they're made from your del.icio.us tags (a free-form open bookmark space, that certain bloggy types seem to be hot on).
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