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Scope crêpe
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This site is for musings and contributions on the "Accidental Profession", project management. One of the key concepts of this field is "scope creep". As part of my business I have been traveling to France, so I just went ahead and differentiated by calling it scope crêpe . Hope you find it to be tasty!
Recent Posts
Ancient discovery of agile PM from 2600BC?
In Dahshur, Egypt, you will find one of the most interesting of all of the (already interesting) pyramids. It's called the "Bent Pyramid", and it was built for a king named Sneferu (pictured below).What's interesting about this particular pyramid is...
Looking past "The End of the Beginning"
As project managers we think (and often dream) about the end of our projects. And what is that end?It's the successful turn up of a computer network. Or, it's the availability of a new service. Or, perhaps it's the readiness of a new bridge, a new...
Oh, chute!
I'd like to share an analogy I use in my Project Management courses to explain the often misunderstood difference between secondary and residual risk.Secondary risks are those which are caused by the treatment or response to the risk.Residual risk is...
"The danger of the single story"- Chimamanda Adichie
You know that I've blogged before about the danger of PMs taking a single-point estimate. I want to draw your attention to a nice talk given by Chimamanda Adichie (shown on the left) called, "The Danger of the Single Story". I'd like to acknowledge ...
Bored --> Board --> Exciting
Today, I'm very happy to announce that I've become a Distributor for a tremendous product that brings fun, intrigue, and yes, even thrills to the world of learning about project management. Thus the image above.Project management learning should be a...
Free WBS tool for download
Here's a very small program with a very specialized task: make quick work out of genrating a WBS.It's free, fairly intuitive, and does its task well.Check it out here:http://www.wbs-tool.net/...

