Tag Archives: metrics
Build better templates and improve your life
A bold statement? Perhaps. But if you use effective templates in your projects and operational activities, you can save hours of work each week. And who couldn’t use a few free hours each week? Most templates are set up with … Continue reading
Compliance versus Support – The Chicken and the Egg
To bring some structure and consistency to projects (and business processes in general), audits or QA checks/gates are often performed to assess current practices and to enforce consistency. But in one of the great ironies, it is often necessary to … Continue reading
How to get promoted in 24 steps
There are a lot of books and many lengthy articles about how to get promoted. But rather than read through hours and hours of theoretical material, here are 24 ideas that will help you get promoted. Figure out if there … Continue reading
Project Performance KPIs – PMO Effectiveness
Rather than some tirade on why metrics are so great for projects, let’s just list some critical ones: Schedule – Planned vrs Actual – preferably via Earned Value Functional – % designed, implemented, tested, released Delivery on Time – Milestones … Continue reading
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Difference between Efficiency and Effectiveness
I get asked from time to time about the difference between Efficiency and Effectiveness. Of course, there’s the old saying of Efficiency between doing things right and Effectiveness is doing the right things. But it’s easier to understand via an … Continue reading
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