ProjectSteps: 100 Rules for NASA Project Managers

When it comes to NASA every project is critical and stakes are high. These rules have been passed on internet and emails. I recently found a blog article on 100 Rules for NASA Project Managers that I am sharing with you. These are the 100 Rule for Project Managers.ProjectSteps: 100 Rules for NASA Project Managers...

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When to Involve the End User in a Project

The success of a software project how easily the end-users adopts it… This also means that the software solution or product that you are going to deliver should be user-friendly and should improve the end-user productivity. Recently I was working on a Project for a particular group of a client, where they were using a MS-Excel based system to get their things done. It was decentralized system where different team member work on their piece of excel sheet and then all the works were consolidated, verified and reports were generated. We got this Project to convert the existing system to Web based Centralized application. Now as a part of requirement...

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Bad Attitudes – How they affect your Project.

If your project has adversaries, participants who are hostile or reluctant to contribute, it can damage team cohesion and threaten the outcome. You must confront the problem early on, taking steps to win them over to allies, minimize their negative impact, or remove them from the effort entirely. Tom Kendrick, discusses here the effect for Bad Attitudes on your project here. Bad Attitudes...

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