A series of posts about practices in reality versus the theory
Theory Versus Reality: Earned Value Assumptions – #308, May 2023 Many years ago I took classes about project management. One of the classes was about a method of tracking project progress called Earned Value. The intent of Earned Value is to set up budgets for tasks on a project. Progress on the tasks is…
Theory Versus Reality: Accounting Principles, Project Management Best Practices and their limitations – #307 April 2023 After reading about project management and business practices I slowly came to the realization that business practices, including accounting and project management, are built around the idea of optimizing manufacturing processes. Which makes sense, optimizing manufacturing processes is a…
Theory versus Reality: Team Building and All of the Required Skills – #301 – November 2022 I’m starting with a look at teams and team building in companies. Effective teams are considered an important part of businesses yet business practices seemed designed to hobble the people who are working together. Specifically, I want to look…
October 13 – Theory versus Reality: Do Real Business Practices Match the Theory? This article is the start of a new series. The series focus is information I’ve learned in my years as a technical lead for projects for businesses. I’ve observed business practices which didn’t work as well as described in books and articles….
