We interrupt this “Meri-really-ought-to-be-studying” break for a brief message:
My project is all about flexible planning. I’m looking at project planning techniques and tools, with a view to producing some software that will help create plans that help you react to change, without having to spend hours and hours redoing a Gantt chart. As part of this I’m doing some research into the plans that people _really_ use when doing a project.
This is where I need your help: Please can you share any of the real project plans you use (this might be a spreadsheet, a diagram, a list, maybe even one of those Gantt charts!) so I can look at the common facets they portray and better ways of constructing such plans. If you have it in electronic format please email to: project AT meriwilliams DOT com. I promise to respect any confidentiality and seek permission before including anything but the general structure in my dissertation. The real things that people use I think are the best starting point for this kind of research.
Thanks, everyone!
Comments (2) Permalink
February 10th, 2005 at 8:22 PM
This is definitely an area that needs a lot of help in the real world.
Do you plan on publishing your results? Heck, even just publishing a list of papers you found useful would be great.
February 15th, 2005 at 4:30 PM
We’re going to submit my results to a couple of academic journals, in all likelihood, and I’ll link to the articles if they make the cut. In terms of broader sharing, I would love to do so, but need to check the copyright/intellectual property rules first 😉 I’m all about the copyleft, but I don’t want to lose my degree!