Examples are the context diagram and use case diagrams. Such models are very useful strategically. They complement product visions, stories, or value propositions, customer segmentations, customer personae, etc. Also, they can be progressively elaborated into more detailed structural and/or dynamic models. Here is a fine video – 8 minutes or so – on four such […]
Category: Systems Analysis and Engineering
Context Diagrams
Context diagrams represent a project’s product boundaries or “scope”. They model the product at a high level, in its “done” context. They do this by representing only the entities that interact with the product in that context. Thus, they do not represent the parts of the product or its behavior over time. As high level […]
Tornado Diagram
Here is a 4′ introduction to two key constructs in quantitative risk analysis, namely sensitivity analysis and the tornado diagram. Useful slides, basic definitions.
Tuckman Ladder
Here is a one-minute explanation of a useful, long-standing model of project team evolution – the Tuckman Ladder. This model is useful largely as a way to inform team members about “where they are” in a project, from an internal/team perspective, that is, a way that does not rely on scope, schedule, or budget frameworks. […]
Project Progress Tracking via EVM
Solid 18′ video offering a clear explanation via a worked example.
Intro to Risk Management
Very nice 11′ orientation via defintions of key constructs, a nice visual risk register, and a worked example. As the presenter indicates, the assumption here is a small to medium size project. That said, regardless of project scale, the basic constructs here are relevant and useful.
Goals vs. KPI’s
Good short explanation of the difference.
Introduction to Project Quality Management
This 18′ explanation is based on PMBOK 6th edition. Why are we posting links to resources based on 6 now that PMBOK 7 is available? Though PMBOK 7 does address quality (in the “Delivery” performance domain), it does not treat quality itself as a performance domain. As a result, it does not organize quality constructs […]
Context Diagram – Explanation and Example
Payback Period
Here’s a nice 3 minute explanation of “payback period”. It includes some context and a useful worked example. Organizations typically have more ideas about projects they might like to do than resources to do them all. So, to decide which one(s) to actually initiate, they typically compare candidate projects in terms of business case and […]