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A Better Plan-it


Catering for General Day to Day overheads
So we estimate and plan for the task we need to undertake, but have we allowed for tall that reporting, meetings, reviews or just general...
Dave Shanahan
Nov 2, 20231 min read
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Agile or Iterative
We have been in too many projects that say there are agile delivery simply because they have daily meetings, have roles called scrum...
Dave Shanahan
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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Earned Value is Critical to Meaningful Progress Reporting
So we are 50% through the project from a time perspective and 50% of the budget is utilised. How many times have we seen this reported as...
Dave Shanahan
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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Onboarding and resource levelling
When we are working on large projects with large numbers of resources we cannot simply estimate effort and then plan this into the time...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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All Resources are not created equal
When we estimate effort who are we think about when creating the estimate ? A beginner, a person with 5 years experience, a specialist ?...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Keeping the Business Case in Sight at all times
A lot of time is spent preparing and presenting the business case prior to eventual project approval. In many cases the budget is paired...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Start-up Documentation is Critical
A good start is critical to a successful project outcome. Effort and due diligence in the early stages will pay back many times...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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Project Success Criteria
Far too often projects start out with the right intent of delivering to the business case and the business outcome, and quickly become...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Small Change Vs Initiative Vs Project
Organisations are constantly going through changes and as such business and IT units are used to managing change and change initiatives....
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Project Delivery Phases
Whether Agile, Waterfall, Wagile or something else, we need to turn a concept or thought into a deliverable. We may do this in large...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20233 min read
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Project Manager, Programme Manager and PMO
Seems obvious but this one seems to get missed a lot ! Are we clear on the roles of the project manager, the programme manager, the...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Checkpoints Vs Gates
Seems strange but in even very sophisticated and large programmes with talented and experienced external programme management supports, I...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20232 min read
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Project Vs Programme
I don’t think its worth getting stuck on this one, but it does create a fair level of debate - in my view a project has a pretty clear...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Contingency
From the outset of any project, we should be clear about how we are handling contingency. The approach should be written down and agreed...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20232 min read
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About this Section of the Website
After 40+ years in the industry (IT, Software Development, Large Programme Delivery etc) and working with various industry experts, there...
Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Hello and Welcome to the (a better plan-it) ABP site and Blog
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Dave Shanahan
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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