In my last article on estimation, I talked about creating consistent estimates by establishing a scale, where for every type of work you do, and for a range of complexity levels (i.e. low – medium – high), you record pre-set values that can be plugged in to your estimates. What I was in fact describing was a complexity model. In this article I will describe how as a team you can build your own complexity model for your development organization to govern your estimates. › Continue reading…
Tag: teambuilding
Tags: complexity model; analogous estimating, consensus, expert judgment, lessons learned sessions, planning estimates, teambuilding
My New Year’s Resolution is to focus on creativity this year. Even though today is only December 31, there is no time like the present! So, let’s get started.
For the next few weeks, I will be blogging about how we, as project managers, can help our project teams think more creatively. In my last blog, I looked at the systems and causes of teams that are in a creativity crisis. Today, I offer the first technique for helping your team break out of a creativity rut. I will follow with many more techniques over the next several weeks. › Continue reading…
Communicating about tasks, roles and responsibilities takes up a great deal of time for most project managers. After communicating, a project manager documents and tracks task assignments in a project plan. So everybody has something to do, and the plan forward is clear to all. But how do you translate those task assignments into a real sense of ownership by individual team members? How do you make sure that each member of the project team feels accountable for the project’s success, not just the project manager? › Continue reading…