Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Dermot
Hi, I'm pretty sure I've seen this discussed on the list before but I can't (easily) find it in the archive. I was looking for a Project management course or company. There are a lot of companies in London doing training but I am a little sceptical about their quality. I'm not interested

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Adrian Howard
Hey Dermot, On 23/01/13 09:27, Dermot wrote: Hi, I'm pretty sure I've seen this discussed on the list before but I can't (easily) find it in the archive. I was looking for a Project management course or company. There are a lot of companies in London doing training but I am a little sceptical

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Dermot
(easily) find it in the archive. I was looking for a Project management course or company. There are a lot of companies in London doing training but I am a little sceptical about their quality. I'm not interested in a certificate. I'd like to grasp a decent methodology. From what I've seen that would

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Fred Youhanaie
On 23/01/13 09:27, Dermot wrote: Hi, I'm pretty sure I've seen this discussed on the list before but I can't (easily) find it in the archive. I was looking for a Project management course or company. There are a lot of companies in London doing training but I am a little sceptical about

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Fred Youhanaie
On 23/01/13 09:27, Dermot wrote: Hi, I'm pretty sure I've seen this discussed on the list before but I can't (easily) find it in the archive. I was looking for a Project management course or company. There are a lot of companies in London doing training but I am a little sceptical about

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Gordon Banner
the Scrum approach is a breath of fresh air after years of over-rigid project planning. But Scrum is more about managing development work, rather than project management as such. Basically, Scrum other Agile approaches tend to start from the view that a traditional project plan with a 2-year

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Greg McCarroll
for a Project management course or company. There are a lot of companies in London doing training but I am a little sceptical about their quality. I'm not interested in a certificate. I'd like to grasp a decent methodology. From what I've seen that would be Agile. Agile != methodology

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Greg McCarroll
Oh i'd also recommend DeMarco's book 'The Deadline', it's a sort of novel about project management, a bit like Knuth's 'Surreal Numbers', but not as bad[1]. G. [1] Yeah i'm not qualified to criticise Knuth but a romance novel about the formation of set theory is pretty damn bad

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Dermot
You may need to decide what are you trying to achieve exactly. I think the Scrum approach is a breath of fresh air after years of over-rigid project planning. But Scrum is more about managing development work, rather than project management as such. This is a valid point. My starting point

Re: Project management

2013-01-23 Thread Andrew Savige
Greg McCarroll wrote: Oh i'd also recommend DeMarco's book 'The Deadline', it's a sort of novel about project management And 'The Mythical Man-Month' by Fred Brooks. Well-written, entertaining books about project management are rare. /-\