Category: Managing For High Performance

The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is the basis for project planning and control; a project manager must have a WBS in order to plan and measure progress. So that the specified tasks can be performed, the WBS is at its core a hierarchical breakdown of the work that needs to be performed by the project… Continue reading Organizational Breakdown Structure/Product Breakdown Structure/Work Breakdown Structure Integration

Change favors the prepared mind. Sun, Art of War Every program has a budget and everyone on the team has a budget. Fig. 4.2.5 describes how a program should be planned and executed based on the work scope, time schedule, and budget. Every person at any level of the organization should understand his or her responsibilities and… Continue reading High-Performance Budget Management

Communication management refers to the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, and arrangement of project information. Effective communication aids in setting objectives, specifying procedures, reporting performance, and coordinating activities. Without good communication management, a project can degenerate into chaos! Effective communication is important throughout a company or organization; studies show… Continue reading Managing Team Communication

The looks at two major systems engineering program/project management challenges, communication management and budgetary management, from a performance point of view. Communication management refers to the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, and arrangement of project information. Effective communication aids in setting objectives, specifying procedures, reporting performance, and coordinating activities.… Continue reading Introduction