Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations strongm on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  1. mtarrani

    Survey on why projects fail

    There is a book, Smart Business, that goes into deep detail about project failures and offers some viable solutions. See http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1890009946/ref=nosim/miketarraslifecy/ for ordering ... I am just finishing it and think it's one of the best I've read on the subject...
  2. mtarrani

    Resource Planning Models

    One of the most effective resource planning model is to align the organization breakdown structure (OBS) to the work breakdown structure (WBS). Where they intersect is called a control account (sometimes the term cost account is used). When used in conjunction with earned value project...
  3. mtarrani

    Outsource or in-house development?

    There is a lot of material on outsourcing and RFPs at http://postcrds.blogspot.com/?/2002_03_24_postcrds_archive.html (you'll have to wade through it.) There is even more at both http://postcrds.blogspot.com/ and http://ZarateTarrani.blogspot.com/ if you use the hyperlink on either page for...
  4. mtarrani

    Software Configuration Management

    Pivan: See the 13 May 2002 entry in http://ZarateTarrani.blogspot.com/2002_05_12_zaratetarrani_archive.html#76490919 for a PowerPoint presentation and related information for SCM. You can also go through various single-topic pages via http://www.tarrani.net for more SCM info. If there is...
  5. mtarrani

    importing an Excel sheet into MS project

    Ironically, SureTrak Project Manager has had this capability since version 1.5, including automatic building pivot tables. If you are not locked into MS Project you may want to look at SureTrak, which is made by Primavera. Some advantages include the ability to flip among WBS, PERT, GANTT and...
  6. mtarrani

    PM Certification recommendation

    If you're in the UK you should go for the PRINCE2 certification - you'll want to start with the foundation exam, and then move towards the practitioner exam. I have some material about this at http://Postcrds.blogspot.com/ (see May 9 and 10 entries), and if you need further advice I'll be more...
  7. mtarrani

    Project Document Templates

    BigMag & pmrankine: I have a lot of PRINCE2 artifacts at http://www.geocities.com/mike_tarrani/projmgmt.html and have some material available at http://ZarateTarrani.blogspot.com/ and http://Postcrds.blogspot.com/ (use the search link to find everything). I have found that PRINCE2 is far...
  8. mtarrani

    Good project management software

    Go to http://Postcrds.blogspot.com/ and look in the entry dated Wednesday, February 13, 2002 - there are two programs that you can download from there. (You may have to go through the archives, which can be accessed from a hyperlink on the left side of the page.
  9. mtarrani

    Tutorial on Project Management

    Here are a few pages that I maintain that cover PM and have tutorials: http://www.geocities.com/mtarrani/1pm.html (also browse through http://www.geocities.com/mtarrani/ ) http://www.geocities.com/mike_tarrani/projmgmt.html There are other pages you can reach from http://www.tarrani.net/ and I...
  10. mtarrani

    Function Point Analysis

    You might want to try my web site at http://www.tarrani.net/ and look through the subpages on project management, SQA and etc. Also, try both of my weblogs at http://ZarateTarrani.blogspot.com/ and http://Postcrds.blogspot.com/ and do a search for function points or fpa. In my 2 March entry in...

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top