5 Minutes Project Management Podcast » Schedule

Mandatory Relationships x Discretionary Relatioships

sueli — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:46:52 +0000

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about mandatory dependencies and discretionary dependencies between the activities of the project. He explains that a mandatory dependency is one that needs to be physically respected and discretionary is one that is made to generate a greater benefit for the project, whether in management or in the results. Ricardo also shows several examples of these two relations of dependence.

The schedule and Parkinson’s Law

sueli — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:05:36 +0000

In this podcast, Ricardo explains the concept of “Parkinson’s Law” on projects and how to prepare a feasible schedule to avoid the law. He gives tips on how to develop work packages to be are easier to measure.

The Percent Complete Problem

sueli — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:25:22 +0000

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the most common mistakes people make when calculating the percentage of completion of a phase or activity group in the schedule. He explains that when calculating this percentage, we need to consider the total duration of phase or group and the worked hours.

Project Management in Marketing

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +0000

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about project management applied to Marketing and how to balance the schedule, budget, WBS and organize a marketing project. He also presents some examples of projects in Marketing.
This podcast was recorded only in Brazilian Portuguese. The link below is for the Brazilian Portuguese version.