Practical IT Projects

Managing IT projects – practical advice for an impractical world

  • The Zombie Project

    The Zombie Project

    It’s a week before halloween and I’m getting prepared for the neighborhood beasties and ghosties and their insatiable appetites for tooth-decaying treats. Several years ago, my wife did something different and bought a case of microwave popcorn packages for me to distribute to the spectral beggars. I was expecting insults and the odd raw egg […]

    Greg Fabian

    October 25, 2018
    Practice
    Project Management, Project Recovery
  • Time Travel and Software Testing

    Time Travel and Software Testing

    Time travel is the stuff of science fiction. But you can simulate time travel for testing your’s system’s ability to process events occurring at any time.

    Greg Fabian

    October 19, 2018
    Practice
    Business Analysis, Project Management, Testing
  • Of Carts, Horses and Hurricanes

    Thoughts on project scheduling, agile projects, budget estimates, and similarities with carts, horses, and hurricanes.

    Greg Fabian

    September 13, 2018
    Practice
    Agile, Project Management
  • How to Build a Business Case

    Introduction Most information technology (IT) project management literature focuses on managing software acquisition projects. This article is different because it describes how to plan a business case development project – how to do the “due diligence” before deciding if and how to acquire a new system. The insights in this article should be a valuable […]

    Greg Fabian

    September 8, 2018
    Practice
    Business Analysis, Project Management, Tools
  • Pilot Testing a New Business System

    Over the years I heard a lot of questions about pilot testing a new IT system. I’ve also seen project teams use pilot testing as a way to buffer their project schedules. This article describes this important activity.

    Greg Fabian

    August 18, 2018
    Practice
    Pilot Testing, Project Management
  • How Jargon Can Affect System Design

    In this article I discuss how over-reliance on jargon can lead to problematic design decisions. As an example, I’ll use the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) modernization project. Problems with Jargon A jargon is a set of words and expressions used by a group of people (a community) that’s […]

    Greg Fabian

    August 1, 2018
    Practice
    Application Architecture, Business Analysis, SDWA, SDWIS
  • Introducing Program Maps

    Program maps are easy to read diagrams showing the relationship between program components and events over time.

    Greg Fabian

    July 6, 2018
    Tools
    Program Management, Program Map, Tools
  • Welcome to my Blog

    Thanks for stopping by and taking your valuable time to checkout my blog! I created this blog to share my experiences working on IT projects with you. Hopefully you’ll find some useful nuggets of information to help you with your projects. Of course, this blog is also a two-way street where I can learn from […]

    Greg Fabian

    April 30, 2018
    Uncategorized
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