Comments on: The Five Variables of Project Management http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/ Sam Newman's blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:47:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: PKS http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-22416 PKS Thu, 03 May 2007 11:55:20 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-22416 It is a good article though I read it late. By chance I have seen during search! It is a good article though I read it late. By chance I have seen during search!

]]> By: niksilver.com » Quality is a bogus variable http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-3480 niksilver.com » Quality is a bogus variable Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:34:37 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-3480 [...] Sam Newman writes, correctly in my opinion, that quality is driven by process. Here, they way you do things determines how good the result is. Quality is an “output” variable more often than not. Introducing test-first development is a process change; allowing post-development testing time to be reduced because the development phase has overrun is a consequence of an unfortunate project management process; introducing or eliminating performance testing is a process change. In all these cases quality is not an independent variable; it is driven by other things. [...] […] Sam Newman writes, correctly in my opinion, that quality is driven by process. Here, they way you do things determines how good the result is. Quality is an “output” variable more often than not. Introducing test-first development is a process change; allowing post-development testing time to be reduced because the development phase has overrun is a consequence of an unfortunate project management process; introducing or eliminating performance testing is a process change. In all these cases quality is not an independent variable; it is driven by other things. […]

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]]> By: Project Management Digest » The Five Variables in PM - Project Management News http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-2508 Project Management Digest » The Five Variables in PM - Project Management News Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:36:07 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-2508 [...] In this blog post, I would like to share with you the five variables in project management as discussed in the magpiebrain blog. [...] […] In this blog post, I would like to share with you the five variables in project management as discussed in the magpiebrain blog. […]

]]> By: Technical Related Notes » Blog Archive » links for 2006-06-27 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1863 Technical Related Notes » Blog Archive » links for 2006-06-27 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:42:35 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1863 [...] magpiebrain » Blog Archive » The Five Variables of Project Management (tags: management project projectManagement agile development) [...] […] magpiebrain » Blog Archive » The Five Variables of Project Management (tags: management project projectManagement agile development) […]

]]> By: Harv http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1837 Harv Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:52:19 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1837 Project managers are anal. Project managers are anal.

]]> By: Basil Vandegriend http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1827 Basil Vandegriend Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:11:53 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1827 The link to my article seems to have been lost in my previous post: http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2006/understanding-project-schedules The link to my article seems to have been lost in my previous post: http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2006/understanding-project-schedules

]]> By: Basil Vandegriend http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1826 Basil Vandegriend Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:10:51 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1826 Funny, I wrote about this topic a while ago in my article on Understanding Project Schedules. My four factors were time, resources, scope and quality. And I have a cool Java applet to visually represent this relationship. My focus was on project schedules, rather than project management. So items like process or risk management are aspects of project management, but not something I'd consider directly impacting project schedules. Anyways, I'm glad to see others writing about this tradeoff between variables. I believe balancing between these competing variables is one of the essentials of good project management. Funny, I wrote about this topic a while ago in my article on Understanding Project Schedules. My four factors were time, resources, scope and quality. And I have a cool Java applet to visually represent this relationship.

My focus was on project schedules, rather than project management. So items like process or risk management are aspects of project management, but not something I’d consider directly impacting project schedules.

Anyways, I’m glad to see others writing about this tradeoff between variables. I believe balancing between these competing variables is one of the essentials of good project management.

]]> By: sam http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1820 sam Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:38:47 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1820 Hi Vitaly, Thanks, I'll fix those now. I'll overlook your typo while I'm at it ('you' rather than 'your') :-) Hi Vitaly,

Thanks, I’ll fix those now.

I’ll overlook your typo while I’m at it (‘you’ rather than ‘your’) :-)

]]> By: Vitaly http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1818 Vitaly Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:32:51 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2006/06/25/the-five-variables-of-project-management/#comment-1818 Sam, Proof-reading, or another form of QA, should be part of the Process (pun intended). Here are a couple of you typos: - priotisation - ‘lots of dumb people being told what to do my one or two smart people’ Cheers Sam,

Proof-reading, or another form of QA, should be part of the Process (pun intended). Here are a couple of you typos:
- priotisation
- ‘lots of dumb people being told what to do my one or two smart people’

Cheers

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