Comments on: Manage your project portfolio http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/03/manage-your-project-portfolio/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John MacIntyre http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/03/manage-your-project-portfolio/comment-page-1/#comment-68486 John MacIntyre Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:04:03 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3592#comment-68486 Thanks for the book suggestion. Managing multiple projects is definitely a dynamic which hasn't been covered very much, but is a reality especially with consulting. Project management tools wouldn't do badly by adopting this perspective as well. Thanks for the book suggestion. Managing multiple projects is definitely a dynamic which hasn’t been covered very much, but is a reality especially with consulting. Project management tools wouldn’t do badly by adopting this perspective as well.

]]> By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/03/manage-your-project-portfolio/comment-page-1/#comment-27406 John Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:04:26 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3592#comment-27406 Good question. The book was written with software projects in mind, but I'd say most of the principles in the book apply to project management in general. One of Gerald Weinberg's rules is "it's always a people problem," even if it looks like a technical problem. And this book deals with people problems: managing expectations, political problems, how to say "no," etc. Good question. The book was written with software projects in mind, but I’d say most of the principles in the book apply to project management in general.

One of Gerald Weinberg’s rules is “it’s always a people problem,” even if it looks like a technical problem. And this book deals with people problems: managing expectations, political problems, how to say “no,” etc.

]]> By: John Johnson http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/03/manage-your-project-portfolio/comment-page-1/#comment-27405 John Johnson Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:56:13 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3592#comment-27405 How generalizable are the ideas in this book? I noticed it was part of the pragmatic programmer series, and I was wondering whether most of the principles would apply to any sort of organization structured into projects, or whether most of the principles apply mainly to programming/software development. How generalizable are the ideas in this book? I noticed it was part of the pragmatic programmer series, and I was wondering whether most of the principles would apply to any sort of organization structured into projects, or whether most of the principles apply mainly to programming/software development.

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