Saturday, October 31, 2009
Nui - 4th blog
Learning from Transformer Team
1.1. Project deliverable quality
This week, we face the problem on quality of our deliverable of both mapping project and question project. For mapping project, team members don’t have same understanding on how to precede the work. We are getting confuse how to fill information in the template, what does the “comes from/goes to” and “input/output” should be put in. For question project, our mentor comment on where the question from book, page, format of answer that Thang already given to us and reference.
Although we have to do on project deliverable with our scared available time, from my point of view, I would like to do my deliverable as my best. Because finally we (all team member) will use this information for lesson summarizing like a short note for ourselves to prepare the examination and beyond that we also can use this for our work life especially for process mapping.
I would like to thank you to on our mentor/facilitator who monitor our work and give us more specific clarification about our deliverable. Even sometimes I think this is his job but I still very appreciate on his sacrifice.
1.2 Difficulties in IT
As our transformer team, our working environment is in Virtual. From computing dictionary (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/virtual): Virtual definition is Simulated; performing the functions of something that isn't really there. Opposite of real or physical. This virtual term become very interesting point for me. This is very difficult for project management to manage project toward specific goal within time plan and budget including manage group of people who working in different countries, difference work environment and difference way of working.
The distinctive obstacle for me is IT problem; firstly obviously notice on Hycienth who even able to post his weekly blog which has high impact to his performance but low impact to project performance because it is individual work. He get help from Lau to post his blog to the web. And another big problem the office live workspace, we use this tool for our file storage. As it is not really workable, not everyone in our team can access it, maybe because of security reason or other reason. This is very high impact to our project performance.
As the project control role, this is our risk to our project which very much impact to project performance report which should be the first priority and put action and monitoring as soon as possible. What I ‘m thinking now is move report file from workspace to google docs but his limit the file size at 1 MB. So I will try to split report file to 2 files, the first one is on individual weekly report and its summary for project manager to see his own project report and the second one is the overall project report which have each project report for program manager and client.
1.3 From my Paper project
Lastly, I consider to change my paper topic from Appling EVM to telecom project because it require a lot of detail to put in to make the paper practical and limit on company proprietary. Now I feel of geting lost in the space but I have few alternatives for myself.
1.1. Project deliverable quality
This week, we face the problem on quality of our deliverable of both mapping project and question project. For mapping project, team members don’t have same understanding on how to precede the work. We are getting confuse how to fill information in the template, what does the “comes from/goes to” and “input/output” should be put in. For question project, our mentor comment on where the question from book, page, format of answer that Thang already given to us and reference.
Although we have to do on project deliverable with our scared available time, from my point of view, I would like to do my deliverable as my best. Because finally we (all team member) will use this information for lesson summarizing like a short note for ourselves to prepare the examination and beyond that we also can use this for our work life especially for process mapping.
I would like to thank you to on our mentor/facilitator who monitor our work and give us more specific clarification about our deliverable. Even sometimes I think this is his job but I still very appreciate on his sacrifice.
1.2 Difficulties in IT
As our transformer team, our working environment is in Virtual. From computing dictionary (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/virtual): Virtual definition is Simulated; performing the functions of something that isn't really there. Opposite of real or physical. This virtual term become very interesting point for me. This is very difficult for project management to manage project toward specific goal within time plan and budget including manage group of people who working in different countries, difference work environment and difference way of working.
The distinctive obstacle for me is IT problem; firstly obviously notice on Hycienth who even able to post his weekly blog which has high impact to his performance but low impact to project performance because it is individual work. He get help from Lau to post his blog to the web. And another big problem the office live workspace, we use this tool for our file storage. As it is not really workable, not everyone in our team can access it, maybe because of security reason or other reason. This is very high impact to our project performance.
As the project control role, this is our risk to our project which very much impact to project performance report which should be the first priority and put action and monitoring as soon as possible. What I ‘m thinking now is move report file from workspace to google docs but his limit the file size at 1 MB. So I will try to split report file to 2 files, the first one is on individual weekly report and its summary for project manager to see his own project report and the second one is the overall project report which have each project report for program manager and client.
1.3 From my Paper project
Lastly, I consider to change my paper topic from Appling EVM to telecom project because it require a lot of detail to put in to make the paper practical and limit on company proprietary. Now I feel of geting lost in the space but I have few alternatives for myself.
- Virtual Project Management but if it is too broad I would specify only virtual projec team or obstacle in the project management.
- PPP: Purchasing Power Parity, I have read many website of about this article and it’s very interesting for me. But I’m not sure whether it is too broad or I have to write on specific topic.
- Investment decision making tool & technique: I would like to study and summarize if I would like to make investment decision what techniques and tool that we should use for which situation/case. But I have to check on more detail.
Dear my lovely mentor, pls. kindly lighten the way for me.
# posted by Maneesuda (Nui) @ 10/31/2009 02:49:00 PM 
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Nice post, Nui......
First, if you revisit Tuckman's Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm I think you will begin to appreciate what phase you are entering...... But more importantly, it should provide the leaders with a very clear and realistic guideline of what they should be doing. (And I don't necessarily mean only the ELECTED leaders, but the "natural" leaders in the group) And by now, it should be starting to be clear who are the "natural" leaders and who are not.
Secondly, as for the IT problems- Keep in mind K.I.S.S. Keep it simple, stupid. You are making a very simple process EXCESSIVELY complicated. You are allowing the TOOL to dictate how you work, and wasting valuable time and energy in the process. The team is only as strong as the weakest link, which means Hycienth seems to be dictating what tools we can and cannot use. So aside from the Blog, why not just use email and send out the files that way, and those who have access can upload them to the Google Group?
Lastly, on your paper topic, I liked the EVM applied to Telecommunications. How about if you took a case study (one of your own projects) and compared it against the ANSI 748 standard (32 criteria) and decided what changes need to be made by your organization in order to be able to use EVM effectively? If you did a QUALITATIVE rather than QUANTITATIVE analysis, then you shouldn't run into any problems with confidentiality or proprietary information?
BR,
Dr. PDG, back in Jakarta
First, if you revisit Tuckman's Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm I think you will begin to appreciate what phase you are entering...... But more importantly, it should provide the leaders with a very clear and realistic guideline of what they should be doing. (And I don't necessarily mean only the ELECTED leaders, but the "natural" leaders in the group) And by now, it should be starting to be clear who are the "natural" leaders and who are not.
Secondly, as for the IT problems- Keep in mind K.I.S.S. Keep it simple, stupid. You are making a very simple process EXCESSIVELY complicated. You are allowing the TOOL to dictate how you work, and wasting valuable time and energy in the process. The team is only as strong as the weakest link, which means Hycienth seems to be dictating what tools we can and cannot use. So aside from the Blog, why not just use email and send out the files that way, and those who have access can upload them to the Google Group?
Lastly, on your paper topic, I liked the EVM applied to Telecommunications. How about if you took a case study (one of your own projects) and compared it against the ANSI 748 standard (32 criteria) and decided what changes need to be made by your organization in order to be able to use EVM effectively? If you did a QUALITATIVE rather than QUANTITATIVE analysis, then you shouldn't run into any problems with confidentiality or proprietary information?
BR,
Dr. PDG, back in Jakarta
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