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S02-E05 Managing the Load / Capacity of the Softs (the continuation of the precisely wrong)
At this point, everything is going well: But, there are several projects that use the same resources. So, how do you manage this? Most people will tell you that having a project management tool that collects load and capacity will help you drive your choices. This is simply not true. Most load / capacity tools … Continued
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S02-E04 How do I focus on the right tasks for my project?
Once you have completed your project plan, sized the tasks and avoided creating a labyrinthine system with too much detail, you need to move on to the step that will identify the most time critical task sequence. At this point, we recommend that you use the critical chain approach. Unlike the critical path approach, which … Continued
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S02-E03 The world of precisely wrong with the project plan
You made your project plan (episode 1). Then you verified that it was at the right level of detail (episode 2)... knowing that there is an uncertainty that you will discover. How will/should you incorporate these elements into the project plan update? Whoa, slow down! We are going to integrate EVERYTHING into the schedule, aren't … Continued
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S02-E02 What if I cut my project...
In the previous article, we saw what a project plan was and the elements to start building it. We ended with the following question: When did I reach the right granularity? How can I manage a project over several years? It is to these questions that we will try to answer in this article. The … Continued
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S02-E01 A plan..., but which plan?
In the first season, you discovered the different ways to analyze a Fever Chart. It's time to start season 2, which will focus on the use of a project plan. In this article, we will describe: In the following articles, we will clarify: - how to split a project, - to which level of granulometry … Continued
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Detect behaviors inherent in project management
Last article in our series on the use of visual management according to our FLOW Project Management methodology. If you first want to (re) read the previous articles, click the following links: We describe typical behaviors that we have had the opportunity to observe in project environments during the discovery day. While it's fun to … Continued
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Detect continuous improvement actions
In this series of articles intended for visual management according to our FLOW Project Management approach, we will see how the use of fever charts can help you detect and implement continuous improvement actions. If you want to (re) read the previous articles, click the following links ⤵️ So how can the fever chart help … Continued
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Remake of the project’s history
Today, we will see how we can use the fever chart to remake the project’s history. Let's continue our serie of article devoted to visual management, associated with our FLOW Project Management approach, and focus on the project's history. If you would like to re-read previous articles, you can click here and here. Let's have … Continued
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Distribute tasks between resources & projects
In this serie of articles devoted to visual management in project management, today we will discuss how to use the fever chart to manage a project portfolio. Talking about visual management … Let's take the graph below and see what we can observe: In most of the cases, you will rightly see that two projects … Continued
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Our PhD students, our drivers for innovation!
If we have often had the opportunity to recall here the strong dynamics of innovation that reigns at AGILEA (cf. AGIRE joint research lab), we have rarely spoken of those who do. Those who think beyond the current practices and dogmas of our professions. We want to talk, of course, about our PhD students! They … Continued
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Analytical gain of the Fever Chart: Introduction of the concept
Usually, when we do the FLOW Project Management training, most of the people trained fall under the spell of the performance indicator called the Fever Chart (see the graph below). Its colorful side greatly helps in decision-making and becomes addictive to know the project’s status and the project’s portfolio. In a series of 5 articles, … Continued
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S&OP Process and NPI
There are kinds of projects defined as innovation for the next years. Some projects are incredibly ambitious and impressive in terms of their stakes and impact on the company’s market. Yet all these projects started! Some are successful, some quickly abandoned, and others remained in the project portfolio pipe, but all already started. If we … Continued
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Some good and fewer things to remember from project management!
Let's say that prevent and solve a global pandemic is a project. We admit that, as in any project/task, there are good, bad, uncertainties, etc. Below you will find some reflections on the deliverables and the value of a buffer. 1. The importance of the definition of the deliverables. What does it mean when it's … Continued
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Would you agree to build an IKEA kitchen with only the first page of the instructions?
No !! So why are you doing it with your projects?
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Everyone in the kitchen, but focus!
« Anthony, could you do an article for this month? » asks me Mylène…. Well let’s see… I’m going to check on social medias to see the trends (I was in a moribund mood this day): We told you! We don’t know where we are going! It’s the others fault! We are not prepared! We are … Continued
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Why does the Sprint not allow you to finish earlier?
We had the opportunity to work with an IT company that used "Agile" approaches during our projects. This is not an article about the limits of Agile, but it is to show how Agile treats the FLOW of its system. Agile approaches use a practice called Sprinting. Without going into the methodological details of the … Continued
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The Pavarotti Effect
In a previous article, we mentioned how the Brexit could reflect some project management mechanics, such as the student syndrome. As of the day I am writing this article (October 29th, 2019) I had the opportunity to watch parliamentary debates between the British Prime Minister and the Deputy chamber with the following subjects: To sum … Continued
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Poulpy, my friend
In our FLOW Project Management approach, we talk about critical chain which is the longest task sequence inside a project without conflict of resources. It means that the critical chain represents the sum of tasks that create the project lead time. It also means that all the time saved on tasks of this chain is … Continued
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Traffic jam in project
With the upcoming of summer holidays, we can share with you some feedbacks about these major French step of the year : Usually, you have missing elements in your lugguage or a lack of organization about what you would like to do in this period. Even « do nothing » requires some specific organization. To these guys, … Continued
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When postpone will be replaced by BREXIT
In the league of the things NOT to do in project management, we have regularly mentioned that starting a project without a plan is particularly dangerous. The British situation about Brexit is giving us another phenomenon about project management mistakes. Let’s assume that sub-contracting a process, is a “small” challenge with few intercultural moment and … Continued