Dave Litten's Primer and Project Management Site

 I haven't been sleeping too well recently, in that I keep waking at 04:30 or thereabouts, and I'm darned if I can get back to sleep...

I usually toss and turn for about 45 minutes, give up and get up. A cup of tea or coffee later, and I'm beavering away at my PC.

I think I know what's at the heart of it all.  2009 has been a year of significant change for me, in many small but important ways, and my subconscious brain has been working overtime! A good buddy and Uber-Smart money-making associate of mine Dave Shillito, has a great technique when he has a problem to solve - he speaks aloud "subconscious brain - go to work on it and give me a solution". Then he carries on doing whatever he's doing.

Craziest thing to watch I'm telling you!  But it works.

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Change And Configuration Management

I remember, many years ago, attending my first training course on Quality. Management couldn’t get enough people to attend, so they bribed them with a free scientific calculator (back then worth about $200) – so I attended. To be honest, I found it a whole lot more compelling than I expected. After lunch on the second day, they had an expert talk about Configuration Management.

Well, she certainly knew her stuff – but I came away thinking that CM was a bit ‘academic’.
How Wrong Can I Be?

How about ... it’s BUSINESS CRITICAL!

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What is a project -- and what is project management?

Here are some definitions:

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Once a project has completed, there are many project management lessons that can be learnt from it.

This is not an opportunity to pass blame to anybody, but an opportunity to help enhance the performance and management of future projects.

During the life of the project, lessons may be learned on a continuous basis - so it makes sense to capture any learnings - as they occur! Setting up a central log - a Lessons Learned Log, is a good way to do this.

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