Group items tagged

(Russian article) Interesting idea for sustaining long projects: while working on bugs/features in a long project, you get to know its problems, deep architectural problems. So, spend some time and work on the "ideal" architecture, the one you'd build from the very beginning if you knew everything you know now. Knowing this "ideal" architecture will help you drive the project in the right direction.

Статья про то, как можно эффективно построить управление IT-проектом по ГОСТ.

(Russian article) Explains basics of how the project management & documentation was done according to USSR standards.

(Russian article) An approach to project planning, using timelines, quite a simple but powerful notation.

(Russian article) Explains psychological things: why developers think managers are idiots, and why managers thing that developers are spoiled kids. And what manager can do to fix/avoid this problem.

Gaperton's comprehensive guide for mastering project plans.

Interesting Russian article about PM and how to make decisions/changes so that team accepts them without fight.

(Russian article) Raises a valid question: how do we statistically interpret PERT deviation? Can we use it to estimate confidence level? Author thinks it is too much inaccurate, from pure statistics point of view. Proposes alternative approach (based on 2 point estimations, min & max, and Normal distribution.

(Article in Russian.) Expirienced PM explains how you could customize MS Project to get the maximum value from it.

(Russian) Very informative blog of one Russian project manager.

(Russian Article) Explains lots of various PM-related stuff. Includes: use PERT to estimate tasks and risks; method to prioritize bugs based on "value/risk rectangle" ("квадрат риск-приоритет"), and others.

(Russian article) Gives an overview of how one can use regular reports (like weekly reports) "for good" and "for bad".