Project Lessons Learned

Project Managment Tools

denniskwan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:45:01 +0000

In my humble opinion, a project manager requires to have not one but a few tools to manage a project. The tools are just like a hairdresser. The hairdresser uses various kinds of scissors and combs to cut hair. The hairdresser will also use a shampoo to wash and water to rinse the customer’s hair. [...]

Project Costing

denniskwan — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:45:29 +0000

When comes to price comparison on various vendors’ quotation. It’s good to collate all returned quotations into a single spreadsheet, put the respective items side by side. Once the alignment is done, you are able to compare the final price no matter what discount rate the vendor provides. Do an apple to apple comparison. Compare [...]

Project Planning

denniskwan — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:55:21 +0000

Having an idea on how to implement and the actual physical implementation are two different things. Project Manager will have to plan for the various things. I have to understand the project requested scope, form up the project team and understand the actual requirement. I need to quickly put on my planning hat and start [...]