tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post8332797554599375968..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: Project plans (part 1 of 3): Why I don't like Gantt chartsallan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-16254091066673713022009-07-10T10:38:00.768+01:002009-07-10T10:38:00.768+01:00Another problem with a Gantt chart is that it trea...Another problem with a Gantt chart is that it treats all tasks in the chart as homogenous in terms of risk. They don't reflect the fact that some tasks are more risky and therefore require more attention than others.Benjamin Mitchellhttp://twitter.com/benjaminmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-42084883224416732982009-01-20T13:27:00.000+00:002009-01-20T13:27:00.000+00:00Craig Larman made an interesting observation at th...Craig Larman made an interesting observation at the Agile Business conference in London (28 September 2005):<BR/><BR/>PERT charts came out of the Polaris missile program in the 1960s. The team was being excessively micro-managed and devised PERT as a way to "blind them with science". The team itself didn't use it – it was merely used as a facade to fob off the managers. In fact, the engineers were empowered with an unlimited budget for resources and communications.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Polaris-System-Development-Bureaucratic-Programmatic/dp/0674682254/" REL="nofollow">The Polaris System Development: Bureaucratic and Programmatic Success in Government</A>, Harvey M. Sapolsky, 1972<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://books.google.ch/books?id=e6zls2nriZIC&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=Sapolsky+1972&source=web&ots=NY1HsIgunm&sig=r1LouBbqJyHFlR7gIfUAdKuLknc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result" REL="nofollow">Reference to page numbers in Sapolsky</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/14025.aspx" REL="nofollow">Five Things You Didn't Know About PERT Charts</A>Immo Hünekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107000566759440656noreply@blogger.com