Projects are about humans

Bom site sobre os aspetos psicológicos da gestão de projetos

Bom site sobre os aspetos psicológicos da gestão de projetos

Projects are about humans. Deal with that! And when dealing, it’s a project manager’s flexibility that comes in most handy since not only does mental agility ensure you keep yourself actively thinking, using those grey cells, it means you have the resilience to adapt to the only constant in life… change. Jonah Lehrer, in his article; Aging Gracefully — It’s a Real Workout, refers to the studies conducted on the cognitive development of a ‘thinking’ mind.

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COCOMO™ II software and docs

Software e imensa informação sobre estimação de custos com COCOMO

Software e imensa informação sobre estimação de custos com COCOMO

COCOMO™ II.2000.0 software Windows 95/98/Windows NT/XP This release provides an implementation of COCOMO™ II Post-Architecture and Early Design models.
COCOMO™ II.2000.0 Model Manual and COCOMO™ II.2000.0 Software User Manual Documentations of COCOMO™ II.2000.0 release.

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ISO 10006 Quality management in Projects

Um conjunto de regras constituintes da norma ISO 10006

Um conjunto de regras constituintes da norma ISO 10006

ISO 10006:2003, Quality management; Guidelines to quality in project management, é um padrão internacional desenvolvido pela ISO, específico para gerência de projetos.

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Five tips for building a work breakdown structure

Conselhos sobre como dividir o projeto em atividades

Conselhos sobre como dividir o projeto em atividades

1: Create a WBS dictionary for large projects
2: Use the summary activities as milestones
3: Break activities into two or more detailed activities
4: Make the final detailed activities action oriented
5: Don’t place requirements on the WBS

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Time Management Reminders

Bons conselhos para gerir o tempo

Begin with the end in mind.

First things first.

Don’t just list priorities; schedule them

Schedule only two or three “big rocks.”

Chunk tasks together, like with like.


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10 ways to avoid stupid project estimates

Bons conselhos no planeamento de um projeto

Bons conselhos no planeamento de um projeto

You can’t run a successful project with bad estimates, any more than you can build a solid house with faulty bricks and lumber. These simple steps will help you filter out the bad numbers you get today and improve the numbers you get tomorrow.

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The Project Management Hut

Excelente site sobre tudo o que se relaciona com gestão de projectos

Excelente site sobre tudo o que se relaciona com gestão de projetos

PM Hut – The Project Management Hut, came to life when a group of Project Managers decided to make their vast experience accessible to everyone. Needless to say, they started writing articles and gathering articles from all over the world, categorizing these articles, and presenting them in a very digestible format for the dynamic Project Manager.

Today, PM Hut is considered to be the largest database of categorized Project Management articles on planet Earth. Apparently, a group of Project Managers working together were able to finish something; it seems that reading the “Conflict Management” articles on PM Hut managed to resolve our own conflicts!

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Problems with Gantt Charts

Project Management Graphics (or Gantt Charts), by Edward Tufte

Project Management Graphics (or Gantt Charts), by Edward Tufte

Computer screens are generally too small for an overview of big serious projects. Horizontal and vertical scrolling are necessary to see more than about 40 horizontal time lines for a reasonable period of time. Thus, for large projects, print out the sequence on a big roll of paper and put it up on a wall.

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