As a project manager, where does peace of mind come from? Three pieces of information that are very helpful include the goal, the teams progress, and a method for measuring on going progress. This presentation contains suggestions for measuring a teams progress at both the strategic and tactical levels, which will hopefully lead to project success and management peace of mind.

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Project Peace of Mind

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There must be a
better way.

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Command
&
Control
ConfidenceCommunication
?Peace of Mind comes from

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Peace of Mind comes from Project Success?
Summary:
Projects slip most of the time, testing is minimized, though the team is competent.

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Peace of Mind comes from Sponsor Support?
Summary:
Sponsors don’t know what they want until they see it.

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Peace of Mind comes from Problem Management?
Rank the frequency of the following project problems
1. Project slips date/budget due to changing requirements.
2. Project slips date due to uncommitted resources.
3. Project is released with known bugs.
4. Project falters due to lack of project sponsorship.
5. Project falters due to team member interaction

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Peace of Mind comes from my Responses?
Summary:
When sponsors don’t know what they want, I’m frustrated.

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Guarded
Command
&
Control
ConfidenceCommunication
Peace of Mind comes from ?

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There must be a
better way.

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Control
InfluenceLearn
Build Measure
Data
Peace of Mind comes from ?

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Data. Data gives us a
better way.

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Tree:
Most Tactical
Grove:
Most Pivotal
Forest:
Most Strategic

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Tree:
Most Tactical
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Daily Activities
Pay attention to daily progress
and quality measures

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Tree:
Most Tactical
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Daily Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities
Pay attention to relative progress
and quality measures

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Grove:
Most Pivotal
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Sprint Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Pay attention to overall progress
and story growth
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Summary:
Team eventually achieved a sustainable pace.
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Summary:
Team continued to add valuable tests while methodically growing
the code base.
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Release Activities

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
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Peace of Mind comes from
Control
InfluenceLearn
Build Measure
Data
Data

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Number of Tests: 93
Code Coverage: 85%
Passed: 89
Failed: 4
Peace of Mind comes from Data

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Number of Tests: 166
Code Coverage: 89%
Passed: 133
Failed: 33

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Number of Tests: 180
Code Coverage: 51%
Passed: 167
Failed: 13
Peace of Mind comes from Data

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Number of Tests: 209
Code Coverage: 67%
Passed: 198
Failed: 11
Peace of Mind comes from Data

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Forest:
Most Strategic
Number of Tests: 241
Code Coverage: 78%
Passed: 241
Failed: 0
Peace of Mind comes from Data

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Control
InfluenceLearn
Build Measure
Data
Peace of Mind comes fromUnderstanding
RealityData

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“When we go to the field, of course, none of this
will work, and we’ll end up doing something
completely different.”
- Ian Heigh, IFRC Logistics Coordinator

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Rob Keefer, PhD
Rob.Keefer@pomiet.com
@rbkeefer