tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843108629504158226.post5782997923497779930..comments2023-09-04T05:47:50.471-07:00Comments on PPQC Blog: Project Tracking Through MilestonesHenry Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12588884323537313318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843108629504158226.post-55974292143839383572010-02-26T11:46:49.760-08:002010-02-26T11:46:49.760-08:00Hi Thomas,
Thanks so much for your excellent comme...Hi Thomas,<br />Thanks so much for your excellent comments. Another method is to establish a standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) containing the tasks you want to track and manage. These tasks would need to be clearly defined along with a list of work product(s) produced by each task. If done correctly, then there won't be a problem of making the schedule too complex.<br />The problem here is analagous to requirements engineering. A systematic approach is to develop the top level requirement (50,000 foot level), functional requirements (10,000 foot level), and the detailed requirements (5 foot level). So for the project schedule you should be looking at the 10,000 foot level. The 50,000 foot level is too coarse to provide any meaningful tracking and the 5 foot level is far too detailed to manage.Henry Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588884323537313318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843108629504158226.post-20405679491366232732010-02-26T10:39:12.701-08:002010-02-26T10:39:12.701-08:00I have encountered the same reluctance from projec...I have encountered the same reluctance from project managers in my company to manage project schedule with MS-Project. A causal analysis shows that project managers split their WBS in too many detail, consequently it was too complex to update their schedule. Moreover, the update frequency was sometimes too important. So by recommending to create tasks having more that 5 days of effort and to update their schedule during project review with their team on a week-basis, we have succeed to establish an efficient project planning and tracking process. 55 % of our engineers have managed at least 2 projects during the last 4 years. <br /><br />I recommend to develop some macros under MS-Project so that you will be able to export under Excel or on any other format. That what we do... we export project key milestones in a database so that we can follow last estimation for milestone end date.<br /><br /><br />http://www.doyoubuzz.com/stephane-thomas_1Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12242338303935600859noreply@blogger.com