Program management in matrix organizations works little different than managing a regular project. While a program owner handles the WBS and the schedule, work packages are delegated to departments with focus on delivery. More background information can be found in […]
Ingo Meironke
Standish Group’s Chaos Report of 2009 states that 68% of all projects are not successful. Due to latest experiences and my research, one important factor to mitigate the risk of failure is having the right resources in place when needed. This […]
Standish Group stated in their Chaos Report of 2009 that ~68% of all projects are not successful. For sure, the Chaos Report has recently been discussed controversially. Stefan Hagen has looked behind the numbers published the findings on his blog […]
Maturity has an immense leverage on the success of programs with lots of depend-encies. Organizations with high maturity have ~30% more probability to deliver successful results than having a low maturity (details in my last article on this subject). Within […]
Did you know how many projects are not successful caused by low maturity in managing complex landscapes? The Technical University of Berlin (Chair Prof. Dr. Gemuenden) discovered in last year’s study that approx. 50% of all projects fail in complex […]
In March, the Microsoft Project Conference 2012 will be conducted in Phoenix, AZ. I am hosting a session on resource management. As promised before, here’s the abstract: Resources are lacking productivity through competing projects. Cut this Gordian knot of resource […]
In March, the Microsoft Project Conference 2012 will be conducted in Phoenix, AZ. I am holding a session on program management. As promised before, here’s the abstract: Programs often fail due to divided responsibilities. The program manager’s job is to […]
In March, the Microsoft Project Conference will be conducted in Phoenix, AZ. I will be the speaker of following two sessions: 3 Steps to Cut the Gordian Knot in Resource Management Deliver Successful Program Results in Matrix Organizations Details coming […]
Randy Pausch steht voll im Leben. Er ist mit seiner Frau und seinen drei Kindern sehr glücklich und lehrt als Professor an der Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Mit 40 Jahren erhält er von seinem Arzt eine vernichtende Nachricht: […]
Sitzplatzwahl im Flugzeug – eine Qual, oder? 200-300 Plätze und man trifft häufig genau den “richtigen” (Stichworte: direkt neben der Toilette, spielende Kinder, viieeel zu große Mitreisende für viel zu kleine Sitze, etc.) Es gibt auch Tage, da ist alles […]