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#301 – EARNED VALULE MANAGEMENT(EVM) CAN IMPROVE LARGE IT PROJECT MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE – JOHN AYERS

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Studies show approximately 97 percent of organizations are now practicing agile development methods. Agile is very popular. Measurement performance has been and still is lacking for large IT projects. Texas bill (HB) 3275 (2017) requires state agencies to improve measuring and monitoring of large IT projects.  IT project performance measurement is getting attention. Continue reading →

#300 – QUALITY RISK IS A MAJOR REASON FOR PROJECT FAILURES – JOHN AYERS

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My contention is management many times compromises quality to mitigate budget and cost issues resulting in a major risk to the project.

How to minimize the quality risk on a project is addressed in this paper. The approach to do this is based on my 30 years of project and project risk management experience and knowledge. Let’s start with a story to illustrate my contention. Continue reading →

#299 – COST RISK IS A MAJOR REASON FOR PROJECT FAILURES – JOHN AYERS

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Studies show most projects fail due to poor management of known risks. The known risks on a project are:

  1. Scope.
  2. Schedule.
  3. Cost.
  4. Quality.

Generally speaking, cost problems are due to insufficient budget, poor budget control, and poor planning. How to minimize the cost (budget) risk on a project is addressed in this paper. The approach to do this is based on my 30 years of project and project risk management experience and knowledge. Continue reading →

#297 – YOU WANT TO SWITCH CAREERS BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT – JOHN AYERS

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Disruption rules today and into the future. COVID -19 has caused uncertainty and turmoil worldwide.  New technologies (Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Big Data) are driving future work.

You may have lost your job or about to due to COVID-19. You may be a middle manager and about to become irrelevant and want to get in a secure future work career.  You might be an aspiring Project Manager. Thee are many reasons for switching careers. Continue reading →

#295 – SCHEDULE RISK IS A MAJOR REASON FOR PROJECT FAILURES – JOHN AYERS

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Studies show most projects fail due to poor management of known risks. The known risks on a project are:

  1. Scope.
  2. Schedule.
  3. Cost.
  4. Quality.

How to minimize the schedule risk on a project is addressed in this paper.  The approach to do this is based on my 30 years of project and project risk management experience and knowledge. Continue reading →