Rejoice Comrades!
The books aren't quite closed yet on this, the last quarter of RIY 2007. It has been a phenomenal year for the Revolution. All outside analysts forecasts for the revolution have been exceeded beyond anyone's dreams. Unfortunately, it looks like I may have joined the Revolution too late this year to do anything else other than celebrate with my comrades while they can rest well knowing that they will win a well received reward from the Revolutionary Council.
Yes, my Comrades, the revolution is doing well. I see that I have done the right thing in joining the Revolution, and it has nothing to do with the fact that my indoctrination is over. In the coming year, I plan on growing the revolution's shareholder value by recommitting myself to making sure that my revolutionary projects are managed with overall quality in mind. On Time, On Budget, On Spec shall be the mantra of RIY 2008. And I shall do my best to be sure that the revolution shall succeed!
Comrades, we are sure to win even more of the ideological market place in the coming months, and once we bring some of the new facets of the revolution online (so to speak), then even more shall flock to our glorious cause. With me on board, we are sure to get the revolution up to speed and fill in all of the details to have a great revolution for us all.
Rejoice Comrades, RIY 2008 is sure to be a great year.
And now, I am signing off to go to a special 'school' for the revolution for a while. Until next year, or if I can 'break away', I tell you, 'Long live the Revolution!'
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
The Past Year
Rejoice Comrades!
This past year has seen some amazing accomplishments. As the Good Book (the PMBOK or The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge) says, it is time to celebrate a milestone.
Yes, comrades. This year, the revolution has accomplished great things, and I have shown you how to use the power of project management to escape out of a counter revolutions prison. And don't forget, I have joined a new revolution as well.
Comrades Rejoice! There are many paths to the revolution and the Revolution's objectives are S.M.A.R.T.
Specific,Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bounded. Yes, comrades, I feel very SMART looking back at the past year, and look forward to helping clarify the definition of each of next year's goals.
Rejoice!
This past year has seen some amazing accomplishments. As the Good Book (the PMBOK or The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge) says, it is time to celebrate a milestone.
Yes, comrades. This year, the revolution has accomplished great things, and I have shown you how to use the power of project management to escape out of a counter revolutions prison. And don't forget, I have joined a new revolution as well.
Comrades Rejoice! There are many paths to the revolution and the Revolution's objectives are S.M.A.R.T.
Specific,Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bounded. Yes, comrades, I feel very SMART looking back at the past year, and look forward to helping clarify the definition of each of next year's goals.
Rejoice!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
A Slight Correction
Comrades, It looks like I have to run a slight correction to my previous post.
I have received quite a lot of flack for it, and I just want to make sure that I apologize for the error in the last post, and that you can accept it.
I should have said Comrade Project Manager President General George 'I cannot tell a lie' Washington.
Rejoice Comrades, I shall not make the mistake again.
I have received quite a lot of flack for it, and I just want to make sure that I apologize for the error in the last post, and that you can accept it.
I should have said Comrade Project Manager President General George 'I cannot tell a lie' Washington.
Rejoice Comrades, I shall not make the mistake again.
Friday, December 21, 2007
The Revolutions of Christ, The Secession of the South, and the Revolutionary War
Rejoice Comrades!
Tis the season to reflect on revolutions and project management.
Have you ever wondered what took the Catholic Church so long to become such a dominant religion? Poor Project Management Skills. If you are going to run a successful revolutionary religion, then you need to be sure to nail down a great Statement of Work, make sure you have the Authorization to Proceed, and then get cracking. A more efficient breakdown of the work packages for the Catholic Church would have resulted in a quicker conversion/success, and thereby increasing the Revolutionary Shareholder Value more quickly.
The South could have done better in the Civil War if they had determined their resources better than the North. Sadly, Economics and the study of it did not exist as we know it today, and therefore they had poor planning. Revolutionary project management can only work if you make sure that you document your assumptions once you get your Revolutionary Statement of Work and before you proceed with issuing a declaration of Secession to the US Congress.
Now the US Revolutionary War had some great revolutionary project management. Let's call him Comrade General Project Manager George Washington did very well. He worked with his counterparts in Marketing (Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin) to issue their ideological statements, and got buy in from the majority of the stakeholders (the Colonies), and then proceeded to revolt. I could go into details, but most of my good comrades are familiar with them.
Ahh, yes, Rejoice Comrades!
Tis the season to reflect on revolutions and project management.
Have you ever wondered what took the Catholic Church so long to become such a dominant religion? Poor Project Management Skills. If you are going to run a successful revolutionary religion, then you need to be sure to nail down a great Statement of Work, make sure you have the Authorization to Proceed, and then get cracking. A more efficient breakdown of the work packages for the Catholic Church would have resulted in a quicker conversion/success, and thereby increasing the Revolutionary Shareholder Value more quickly.
The South could have done better in the Civil War if they had determined their resources better than the North. Sadly, Economics and the study of it did not exist as we know it today, and therefore they had poor planning. Revolutionary project management can only work if you make sure that you document your assumptions once you get your Revolutionary Statement of Work and before you proceed with issuing a declaration of Secession to the US Congress.
Now the US Revolutionary War had some great revolutionary project management. Let's call him Comrade General Project Manager George Washington did very well. He worked with his counterparts in Marketing (Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin) to issue their ideological statements, and got buy in from the majority of the stakeholders (the Colonies), and then proceeded to revolt. I could go into details, but most of my good comrades are familiar with them.
Ahh, yes, Rejoice Comrades!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Zombies for the Revolution
Rejoice Comrades!
While it it is too late in this Revolutionary Ideological Year (RIY) - not to be confused with Fiscal year, though they do have many similarities - The revolutionary steering committee has agreed to take another look at the revolutionary zombie body project as a possibility for RIY 2009.
As everyone knows, a revolution cannot succeed if it is not focused on it's core fundamentals, and only so much work can be accomplished for the greater glory of the revolution.
Comrades, let us hope that this revolutionary project will be deemed an excellent return for the next RIY, so that I shall, if selected, lead the team to a great revolution.
In other news, I'm still in indoctrination, and I feel that I have definitely made the correct choice of revolutions to be a part of...
While it it is too late in this Revolutionary Ideological Year (RIY) - not to be confused with Fiscal year, though they do have many similarities - The revolutionary steering committee has agreed to take another look at the revolutionary zombie body project as a possibility for RIY 2009.
As everyone knows, a revolution cannot succeed if it is not focused on it's core fundamentals, and only so much work can be accomplished for the greater glory of the revolution.
Comrades, let us hope that this revolutionary project will be deemed an excellent return for the next RIY, so that I shall, if selected, lead the team to a great revolution.
In other news, I'm still in indoctrination, and I feel that I have definitely made the correct choice of revolutions to be a part of...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
Enterprise Revolutionary Management System (ERMS)
Comrades, these are what are needed for the next phase of managing the revolution's schedule. How else are we to let the revolutionary council know if all portions of the revolution are on track?
For those of you Comrades who do not know, an ERMS is an automated way of scheduling revolutionary tasks, milestones, and budget to see how the revolution is performing to the baseline.
Comrades, you may be asking, 'Why should I bother with all of that bureaucratic overhead?' Comrades, it is the only way to effectively generate reliable data in revolutionary earned value. Comrades, if this approach had been followed, then the Russian revolution would not have faltered because they would have had a system of reliable metrics for measuring performance from what was expected. So much money would have been saved in transportation to the Gulag - both from better savings in needing to ship fewer underperformers and from the savings inherent in measuring how well the whole Gulag was operating.
Comrades, while of course these metrics do not take into account the ideological value of these tasks, it is quite easy to assign a 'cost' or 'dollar' amount to the ideological areas and see how that works out. While the calculus of the human mind is inscrutable, it doesn't mean that we can't measure performance to something in this world.
Yes, Rejoice Comrades! We have a better system of managing the Revolution now!
Comrades, these are what are needed for the next phase of managing the revolution's schedule. How else are we to let the revolutionary council know if all portions of the revolution are on track?
For those of you Comrades who do not know, an ERMS is an automated way of scheduling revolutionary tasks, milestones, and budget to see how the revolution is performing to the baseline.
Comrades, you may be asking, 'Why should I bother with all of that bureaucratic overhead?' Comrades, it is the only way to effectively generate reliable data in revolutionary earned value. Comrades, if this approach had been followed, then the Russian revolution would not have faltered because they would have had a system of reliable metrics for measuring performance from what was expected. So much money would have been saved in transportation to the Gulag - both from better savings in needing to ship fewer underperformers and from the savings inherent in measuring how well the whole Gulag was operating.
Comrades, while of course these metrics do not take into account the ideological value of these tasks, it is quite easy to assign a 'cost' or 'dollar' amount to the ideological areas and see how that works out. While the calculus of the human mind is inscrutable, it doesn't mean that we can't measure performance to something in this world.
Yes, Rejoice Comrades! We have a better system of managing the Revolution now!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
Rejoice Comrades!
Over the weekend, I encountered the concept of using Zombies for the revolution.
The plan would be thus:
1. Gather the requirements for Zombies (i.e., what defines a zombie, etc...)
2. Check on the Market Availability of a horde of Zombies for the Revolution. Will we need to create the Zombies in House, or contract with a Zombie Development firm to create a batch of them?
3. Procure the Zombies.
4. Use the Zombies as staff at low levels of the revolution. (Though we are all equal, some of us have to work in the dungeon. Yes, even after the revolution, there will still be multi-story buildings).
5. Promote everyone else into management.
6. Viva La Revolution!
Comrades, will this plan work?
Should I begin initiating a new revolutionary project request?
Have we done our due diligence before we bring this up the revolutionary management chain?
Comrades, I think that this is a job for the revolutionary analytical team to investigate at a high level.
Are you with me?
Over the weekend, I encountered the concept of using Zombies for the revolution.
The plan would be thus:
1. Gather the requirements for Zombies (i.e., what defines a zombie, etc...)
2. Check on the Market Availability of a horde of Zombies for the Revolution. Will we need to create the Zombies in House, or contract with a Zombie Development firm to create a batch of them?
3. Procure the Zombies.
4. Use the Zombies as staff at low levels of the revolution. (Though we are all equal, some of us have to work in the dungeon. Yes, even after the revolution, there will still be multi-story buildings).
5. Promote everyone else into management.
6. Viva La Revolution!
Comrades, will this plan work?
Should I begin initiating a new revolutionary project request?
Have we done our due diligence before we bring this up the revolutionary management chain?
Comrades, I think that this is a job for the revolutionary analytical team to investigate at a high level.
Are you with me?
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
Rejoice Comrades!
The Revolution has received the pre-authorization to proceed on the work of the Revolution. Since there are many channels that the PAPWR can come in through, I am not sure which one the revolution received it through since I am still in the indoctrination.
All comrades are ready to begin the work, but I must tell you that the foundation for a Glorious and Magnificent Revolution (GMR) is planning. There is so much planning involved that surely I will be gainfully working on the revolution soon. My contribution will be beyond the bounds of measurement, since my tasks are going to be delivering the revolution, and not necessarily the revolutionary milestones underneath it.
In other news, the indoctrination is proceeding smoothly for me. I must tell you my Comrades that with the power of web 2.0 technology, and the webbernet, that it is possible to become indoctrinated very quickly, but not all of us pay attention like we should. Several of our revolutionary comrades had to be placed into Indoctrination Room C where they will learn at their new slower pace. It is amazing that this revolution is still using the powers of 'A Brave New World' as a 1st resort. I must remember to file a Revolutionary Suggestion form after Indoctrination for a new type of training methodology.
Rejoice Comrades! The weekend is nearly here!
The Revolution has received the pre-authorization to proceed on the work of the Revolution. Since there are many channels that the PAPWR can come in through, I am not sure which one the revolution received it through since I am still in the indoctrination.
All comrades are ready to begin the work, but I must tell you that the foundation for a Glorious and Magnificent Revolution (GMR) is planning. There is so much planning involved that surely I will be gainfully working on the revolution soon. My contribution will be beyond the bounds of measurement, since my tasks are going to be delivering the revolution, and not necessarily the revolutionary milestones underneath it.
In other news, the indoctrination is proceeding smoothly for me. I must tell you my Comrades that with the power of web 2.0 technology, and the webbernet, that it is possible to become indoctrinated very quickly, but not all of us pay attention like we should. Several of our revolutionary comrades had to be placed into Indoctrination Room C where they will learn at their new slower pace. It is amazing that this revolution is still using the powers of 'A Brave New World' as a 1st resort. I must remember to file a Revolutionary Suggestion form after Indoctrination for a new type of training methodology.
Rejoice Comrades! The weekend is nearly here!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
Rejoice Comrades!
Today, the revolution reached yet another height of training. It looks as though the revolutionary group in charge of the revolutionary training has asked for my feedback. I am to fill out a short 5 question survey on how I think the process is going for being indoctrinated into the revolution.
1. Applicability to Revolution: Excellent
2. Timeliness: Excellent
3. Instructor Knowledge: Distinguished.
4. Good Examples: Superb
5. Comments: What is this about a revolutionary instructor being a computer program on the web. Is it truly a council of the revolution. Can you contact me so that I can add you (all?) to my backup revolutionary network?
I cannot quite remember what I learned in revolutionary indoctrination today, but I have been assured that it will slowly seep in and I shall overpower everything.
In other news, I also got some chocolate.
Rejoice Comrades, the revolutionary training group has embraced giving out materialistic rewards for answering questions in the indoctrination groups. I must remember to fill out a revolutionary suggestion form to say that we (the revolution) should not be focused on such materialistic short sighted rewards, but should go for more specific measurable things, like peace.
Example:
Instructor to CPM (me): Excellent work on answering that series of questions correctly. Your award will be peace once the revolution succeeds. Now focus and work harder. There is much to do.
See how this works. This is an excellent award. I know that my work will result in peace, which is what - apparently - this revolution is geared toward...
Today, the revolution reached yet another height of training. It looks as though the revolutionary group in charge of the revolutionary training has asked for my feedback. I am to fill out a short 5 question survey on how I think the process is going for being indoctrinated into the revolution.
1. Applicability to Revolution: Excellent
2. Timeliness: Excellent
3. Instructor Knowledge: Distinguished.
4. Good Examples: Superb
5. Comments: What is this about a revolutionary instructor being a computer program on the web. Is it truly a council of the revolution. Can you contact me so that I can add you (all?) to my backup revolutionary network?
I cannot quite remember what I learned in revolutionary indoctrination today, but I have been assured that it will slowly seep in and I shall overpower everything.
In other news, I also got some chocolate.
Rejoice Comrades, the revolutionary training group has embraced giving out materialistic rewards for answering questions in the indoctrination groups. I must remember to fill out a revolutionary suggestion form to say that we (the revolution) should not be focused on such materialistic short sighted rewards, but should go for more specific measurable things, like peace.
Example:
Instructor to CPM (me): Excellent work on answering that series of questions correctly. Your award will be peace once the revolution succeeds. Now focus and work harder. There is much to do.
See how this works. This is an excellent award. I know that my work will result in peace, which is what - apparently - this revolution is geared toward...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Comrades, Rejoice!
Today, I have learned that the Revolution has embraced using web 2.0 learning technology so that it is easier to track who has learned what in the revolution.
What does this mean? Has this new revolution that I've joined embraced the powers of a bureaucracy, or is it merely that I, a revolutionary project manager have learned that even revolutionary project management is nothing if there is no agreed upon standards and practices within the revolution to carry out an effective revolution. Hopefully soon, I shall figure out where in the revolution that I will be managing.
On that front, I have begun networking and building several revolutionary cells so that I will be able to take control of the revolution if necessary. But I must tell you that this is only between us comrades.
Comrades, rejoice, after this revolutionary training cycle is complete, we will be able to get on with the revolution.
Today, I have learned that the Revolution has embraced using web 2.0 learning technology so that it is easier to track who has learned what in the revolution.
What does this mean? Has this new revolution that I've joined embraced the powers of a bureaucracy, or is it merely that I, a revolutionary project manager have learned that even revolutionary project management is nothing if there is no agreed upon standards and practices within the revolution to carry out an effective revolution. Hopefully soon, I shall figure out where in the revolution that I will be managing.
On that front, I have begun networking and building several revolutionary cells so that I will be able to take control of the revolution if necessary. But I must tell you that this is only between us comrades.
Comrades, rejoice, after this revolutionary training cycle is complete, we will be able to get on with the revolution.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
Comrades, I have just joined a new revolution! My first indoctrination event was last week, and my first day at the revolution HQ was today. I have to tell you, my comrades, that the first day of a new revolution is very difficult.
So many acronyms for the revolution to absorb. So many new faces that I have to not remember in case I am caught and tortured into revealing secrets of the way our revolution is structured. Which brings us to the revolutions organization breakdown structure. A mathematician recently modeled the most effective manner to create revolutionary cells as an exercise for the feds to learn how to lop the revolution in the bud. Thankfully, the feds haven't paid attention to the researcher yet, so we are all safe.
Also, if you are wondering what happened to the old revolution, well, the benefits weren't so good, and the cyclical nature of the revolutionary down time was to much of a drag, so it was time to leave. Viva la Revolution!
Rejoice Comrades!
The revolution is back!
Comrades, I have just joined a new revolution! My first indoctrination event was last week, and my first day at the revolution HQ was today. I have to tell you, my comrades, that the first day of a new revolution is very difficult.
So many acronyms for the revolution to absorb. So many new faces that I have to not remember in case I am caught and tortured into revealing secrets of the way our revolution is structured. Which brings us to the revolutions organization breakdown structure. A mathematician recently modeled the most effective manner to create revolutionary cells as an exercise for the feds to learn how to lop the revolution in the bud. Thankfully, the feds haven't paid attention to the researcher yet, so we are all safe.
Also, if you are wondering what happened to the old revolution, well, the benefits weren't so good, and the cyclical nature of the revolutionary down time was to much of a drag, so it was time to leave. Viva la Revolution!
Rejoice Comrades!
The revolution is back!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Vacation is almost over...
Comrades. It has been so long.
Comrades, have you considered the nature of quality in our Revolution. I have been pondering it again. Since it is the central guiding principle of our revolution.
Comrades, our revolutionary quality has been sadly lacking of late. Soon (after vacation), I'll put this to right. This is why you can't let revolutionary project coordinators run the revolution for too long. They only understand the bureaucratic side of the revolution by filling out status reports, project plan updates, and other documentation. No, comrades, I tell you that the true artistry of the revolution transcends such concerns. It is by combining all of the revolutionary project management knowledge areas into Quality.
Quality equates to a revolution happening on time, on budget, and in scope.
Sadly, though our poor revolutionary coordinator does not know it yet, she will need to be placed in charge of disinformation tracking. Tallying up what is truly happening in our revolution, and using a complex formula, coming up with stats that show how much better our revolution is doing from others.
Comrades, this is a vital function. and now I can put at least a token check mark on the use of my human resouces revolutionary knowledge area in this project by getting rid of incompentent paper mongers...
Rejoice Comrades! The revolution is just undergoing some reorgs...
Comrades, have you considered the nature of quality in our Revolution. I have been pondering it again. Since it is the central guiding principle of our revolution.
Comrades, our revolutionary quality has been sadly lacking of late. Soon (after vacation), I'll put this to right. This is why you can't let revolutionary project coordinators run the revolution for too long. They only understand the bureaucratic side of the revolution by filling out status reports, project plan updates, and other documentation. No, comrades, I tell you that the true artistry of the revolution transcends such concerns. It is by combining all of the revolutionary project management knowledge areas into Quality.
Quality equates to a revolution happening on time, on budget, and in scope.
Sadly, though our poor revolutionary coordinator does not know it yet, she will need to be placed in charge of disinformation tracking. Tallying up what is truly happening in our revolution, and using a complex formula, coming up with stats that show how much better our revolution is doing from others.
Comrades, this is a vital function. and now I can put at least a token check mark on the use of my human resouces revolutionary knowledge area in this project by getting rid of incompentent paper mongers...
Rejoice Comrades! The revolution is just undergoing some reorgs...
Friday, October 5, 2007
Comrades Rejoice! We are free to pursue the revolution!
By following the principles of revolutionary project management, the revolutionary council and I have escaped, well before the deadline, under budget, and mostly on spec. Comrades, we have received an A for quality, and medals will be awarded soon.
Comrade Glorious Leader said that we must maintain strict silence on how we were able to make it out.
Comrade Glorious Leader has declined the scope change request for a response to the capture and killing of our revolution because it is no longer necessary, however, he did approve the request for expanding the scope to include a response to other 'revolutions'.
Comrades, it is my birthday weekend, and since I was able to escape with all but 4 of the revolutionary council (may they live in forever in the pantheon of the revolution), I think I shall celebrate...
By following the principles of revolutionary project management, the revolutionary council and I have escaped, well before the deadline, under budget, and mostly on spec. Comrades, we have received an A for quality, and medals will be awarded soon.
Comrade Glorious Leader said that we must maintain strict silence on how we were able to make it out.
Comrade Glorious Leader has declined the scope change request for a response to the capture and killing of our revolution because it is no longer necessary, however, he did approve the request for expanding the scope to include a response to other 'revolutions'.
Comrades, it is my birthday weekend, and since I was able to escape with all but 4 of the revolutionary council (may they live in forever in the pantheon of the revolution), I think I shall celebrate...
Monday, October 1, 2007
Well, Comrades, I think I have come up with several different plans to get the revolution going again by breaking out of this joint.
Plan Number One: Subverting the gaurds
Plan 2: Escape, then come back with reinforcements and break everyone out.
#3: Become friends with 'Bubba', utlize his network of contacts, leave key tools in hidden locations for the Revolutionary Council who will then be able to affect their own escape.
4: Engage with our captors on the relative merits of our respective revolutions, which will then astound them and stupefy them into submission long enough for us to escape.
5: Same as 4, only the counter revolutionary forces will be converted to our cause thereby recognizing the supreme sublimity of our revolution rendering escape unnecessary.
6: Get a gun.
#7: Sneak out through the secret tunnels...
8: Talk to my guard 'Fred', and see what I have to do to get out of this joint, and how many smokes it'll cost me.
9: I'll think of something at random intervals and apply that inappropriately thereby rendering their defense systems in tatters from the effort of keeping up with...No, that's not gonna work.
10: Get 2 guns.
Comrades, let us engage in the numerous project selection techniques to determine the best plan for our project of escaping.
Any other thoughts for a high level plan? Comrades remember, there are many ways of acheiving our goals, but at what cost.
Let's look at what the relative costs in smokes, time, and people these will take.
Comrades! We are closer than ever to success, though it seems we are further away than ever...
Plan Number One: Subverting the gaurds
Plan 2: Escape, then come back with reinforcements and break everyone out.
#3: Become friends with 'Bubba', utlize his network of contacts, leave key tools in hidden locations for the Revolutionary Council who will then be able to affect their own escape.
4: Engage with our captors on the relative merits of our respective revolutions, which will then astound them and stupefy them into submission long enough for us to escape.
5: Same as 4, only the counter revolutionary forces will be converted to our cause thereby recognizing the supreme sublimity of our revolution rendering escape unnecessary.
6: Get a gun.
#7: Sneak out through the secret tunnels...
8: Talk to my guard 'Fred', and see what I have to do to get out of this joint, and how many smokes it'll cost me.
9: I'll think of something at random intervals and apply that inappropriately thereby rendering their defense systems in tatters from the effort of keeping up with...No, that's not gonna work.
10: Get 2 guns.
Comrades, let us engage in the numerous project selection techniques to determine the best plan for our project of escaping.
Any other thoughts for a high level plan? Comrades remember, there are many ways of acheiving our goals, but at what cost.
Let's look at what the relative costs in smokes, time, and people these will take.
Comrades! We are closer than ever to success, though it seems we are further away than ever...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Comrades! Rejoice!
I ran into Comrade Glorious Leader just before he was put into solitary confinement with the rest of the revolutionary council.
He has issued me a new statement of work (SOW) to get out of jail.
Comrades! With something so simple as this, I am ready to create a plan.
A Revolutionary project Management Plan that will encompass all aspects.
We have a definite deadline, which is before the end of the year.
We have a scope, get out.
We have human resources: other prisoners (to be recruited), and the revolutionary council (in solitary).
We have a budget: I get 2 cartons of cigarettes a week, but I don't smoke, and it isn't allowed here. Nevertheless, it is currency.
We shall manage the different risks: Getting caught, stoolpigeons, pigeons, killed, etc...
We shall have quality, which in this case is difficult to measure.
We shall have a schedule, and work breakdown structure.
All that remains is to combine these elements, manage the change requests, like other prisoners wanting to leave too, and shall be out of here soon.
Rejoice! The revolution will march on!
I ran into Comrade Glorious Leader just before he was put into solitary confinement with the rest of the revolutionary council.
He has issued me a new statement of work (SOW) to get out of jail.
Comrades! With something so simple as this, I am ready to create a plan.
A Revolutionary project Management Plan that will encompass all aspects.
We have a definite deadline, which is before the end of the year.
We have a scope, get out.
We have human resources: other prisoners (to be recruited), and the revolutionary council (in solitary).
We have a budget: I get 2 cartons of cigarettes a week, but I don't smoke, and it isn't allowed here. Nevertheless, it is currency.
We shall manage the different risks: Getting caught, stoolpigeons, pigeons, killed, etc...
We shall have quality, which in this case is difficult to measure.
We shall have a schedule, and work breakdown structure.
All that remains is to combine these elements, manage the change requests, like other prisoners wanting to leave too, and shall be out of here soon.
Rejoice! The revolution will march on!
Monday, September 24, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
I have managed to escape the forces from the other revolution. Comrade Glorious Leader has been captured.
We must make a plan for his rescue.
A risk assessment, scope, and work breakdown structure, HR plan, and budget must be drawn up immediately.
While no expense is too great to free our leader, we must remember we'll be accountable to him at the end of the fiscal quarter. Or we will be if we can, err... when we free him.
Comrades! Suggestions are welcome...
so are guns, or other means of freeing our leader...
I have managed to escape the forces from the other revolution. Comrade Glorious Leader has been captured.
We must make a plan for his rescue.
A risk assessment, scope, and work breakdown structure, HR plan, and budget must be drawn up immediately.
While no expense is too great to free our leader, we must remember we'll be accountable to him at the end of the fiscal quarter. Or we will be if we can, err... when we free him.
Comrades! Suggestions are welcome...
so are guns, or other means of freeing our leader...
Friday, September 21, 2007
Comrades! Now is not the time to panic.
Please remember we can counter this problem by running an extremely down and dirty 'crash'counter revolution.
We must throw everything we can at it. Comrades, now is not the time to think of resources...
Comrades...
Comrades, where are you?
Am I alone?
Oh no.
They come for me...
Hide, comrades. Wait for the signal. The revolution will succeed.
It may just be having a minor setback right now.
Shhh.........
Please remember we can counter this problem by running an extremely down and dirty 'crash'counter revolution.
We must throw everything we can at it. Comrades, now is not the time to think of resources...
Comrades...
Comrades, where are you?
Am I alone?
Oh no.
They come for me...
Hide, comrades. Wait for the signal. The revolution will succeed.
It may just be having a minor setback right now.
Shhh.........
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
I have just come from a meeting with the Revolutionary Council. Comrade Glorious Leader is doing well, the ailment that was bothering our supreme leader is now fixed.
That is to say, comrades, that I had ailed Comrade Glorious Leader by following the change request process a little too blindly without considering the greater context. Comrade Glorious Leader was quite vexed at the 'mysterious disappearance' of Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer.
As a result, the Change Request process, has itself accepted a Change Request (CR#3 for those tracking, and also ACR#1 (approved CR)), from now on, Change Requests will not automatically be 'declined'.
That is all for now Comrades!
I shall endeavour to work overtime this weekend to complete the revolutionary work breakdown structure for Phase 1 of the revolution. I hope to have it done by Monday. Only with the help of the Project Management Body of Knowledge would it be so easy to plan a revolution...
I have just come from a meeting with the Revolutionary Council. Comrade Glorious Leader is doing well, the ailment that was bothering our supreme leader is now fixed.
That is to say, comrades, that I had ailed Comrade Glorious Leader by following the change request process a little too blindly without considering the greater context. Comrade Glorious Leader was quite vexed at the 'mysterious disappearance' of Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer.
As a result, the Change Request process, has itself accepted a Change Request (CR#3 for those tracking, and also ACR#1 (approved CR)), from now on, Change Requests will not automatically be 'declined'.
That is all for now Comrades!
I shall endeavour to work overtime this weekend to complete the revolutionary work breakdown structure for Phase 1 of the revolution. I hope to have it done by Monday. Only with the help of the Project Management Body of Knowledge would it be so easy to plan a revolution...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
It is time to iteratively progress through the creation of the revolutionary work breakdown structure.
To do this comrades, let us look at one of our revolution’s deliverables and determine how to use Decomposition to breakdown the deliverable into smaller packages to achieve the revolutionary communications plan.
Decomposing the parts is not just what is happening to Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer right now (his change request to eliminate ‘process’ after the revolution was not approved in the change request process).
We know many of the deliverables for phase 1 of the revolution. We shall break each of these into smaller pieces for phase 1, such as how the communications plan needs to have its own requirements defined. Then the lowest level items need to be coded with an ID code, much like all people will be after the revolution.
It is time to iteratively progress through the creation of the revolutionary work breakdown structure.
To do this comrades, let us look at one of our revolution’s deliverables and determine how to use Decomposition to breakdown the deliverable into smaller packages to achieve the revolutionary communications plan.
Decomposing the parts is not just what is happening to Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer right now (his change request to eliminate ‘process’ after the revolution was not approved in the change request process).
We know many of the deliverables for phase 1 of the revolution. We shall break each of these into smaller pieces for phase 1, such as how the communications plan needs to have its own requirements defined. Then the lowest level items need to be coded with an ID code, much like all people will be after the revolution.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Comrades Rejoice!
We are ready to engage in decomposition to create the revolutionary work breakdown structure.
To do this, we must look at our inputs to the ‘Creating a revolutionary Work Breakdown Structure process’:
1. We have no ‘pending’ change requests,
2. No revolutionary assets but our intentions, excellent comrades, and revolutionary skill,
3. A preliminary revolutionary scope statement, and
4. A revolutionary scope management plan.
Err…
Number 4…
Comrades, I shall pay the ultimate penalty if we do not create this plan now.
Luckily, the inputs to the revolutionary scope management plan include 1, 2, and 3 from above, and also our revolutionary charter and revolutionary management plan, which we are creating as we go…
Since our scope is almost unlimited, then we shall use expert judgment from comrades such as Comrade Glorious Leader and Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer to create a revolutionary scope management plan.
Transcript of the meeting:
CPM (me): What do you think?
CRSE (Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer): Why limit ourselves. But since there is only so much time, then what we don’t define now will go into a revolutionary change management process, which I’ll devise.
CPM: Sounds good. When will you have it by?
CRSE: End of Day.
CPM: Excellent. I’ll look for a confirmation on that task and cross it off the preliminary task list, issues log, and communicate it out to the Revolutionary Team. I’ll also work on a format for the status mails so that everyone will be able to identify the relevant information easily, and work on setting up a location where we can store all the revolution’s documentation so that it will be easily accessible for future revolutions, which of course will not be necessary since ours will be the end all of all revolutions.
CRSE: Whatever. I’ll send you the confirmation via our secret encoded communication method.
CPM: We haven’t defined the revolutionary communications strategy yet. We’ll need to setup a meeting to discuss the initial requirements for that, do you know anyone else who should be involved? I’ll spin up a separate revolutionary work breakdown structure task to develop this, and open up an deliverables log to track this item until it is added to the revolution’s management plan.
CRSE: …
CRSE: …
CRSE: Can’t we just.
CPM: NO! We have a process for this and everything else. And if we don’t have a process, then the revolution is nothing. Even after the revolution, there will be process, unless of course, changing ‘process’ becomes one of the revolution’s goals. Would you care to initiate a revolutionary change request on that???
We are ready to engage in decomposition to create the revolutionary work breakdown structure.
To do this, we must look at our inputs to the ‘Creating a revolutionary Work Breakdown Structure process’:
1. We have no ‘pending’ change requests,
2. No revolutionary assets but our intentions, excellent comrades, and revolutionary skill,
3. A preliminary revolutionary scope statement, and
4. A revolutionary scope management plan.
Err…
Number 4…
Comrades, I shall pay the ultimate penalty if we do not create this plan now.
Luckily, the inputs to the revolutionary scope management plan include 1, 2, and 3 from above, and also our revolutionary charter and revolutionary management plan, which we are creating as we go…
Since our scope is almost unlimited, then we shall use expert judgment from comrades such as Comrade Glorious Leader and Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer to create a revolutionary scope management plan.
Transcript of the meeting:
CPM (me): What do you think?
CRSE (Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer): Why limit ourselves. But since there is only so much time, then what we don’t define now will go into a revolutionary change management process, which I’ll devise.
CPM: Sounds good. When will you have it by?
CRSE: End of Day.
CPM: Excellent. I’ll look for a confirmation on that task and cross it off the preliminary task list, issues log, and communicate it out to the Revolutionary Team. I’ll also work on a format for the status mails so that everyone will be able to identify the relevant information easily, and work on setting up a location where we can store all the revolution’s documentation so that it will be easily accessible for future revolutions, which of course will not be necessary since ours will be the end all of all revolutions.
CRSE: Whatever. I’ll send you the confirmation via our secret encoded communication method.
CPM: We haven’t defined the revolutionary communications strategy yet. We’ll need to setup a meeting to discuss the initial requirements for that, do you know anyone else who should be involved? I’ll spin up a separate revolutionary work breakdown structure task to develop this, and open up an deliverables log to track this item until it is added to the revolution’s management plan.
CRSE: …
CRSE: …
CRSE: Can’t we just.
CPM: NO! We have a process for this and everything else. And if we don’t have a process, then the revolution is nothing. Even after the revolution, there will be process, unless of course, changing ‘process’ becomes one of the revolution’s goals. Would you care to initiate a revolutionary change request on that???
Monday, September 10, 2007
Comrades Rejoice!
The strike is over. Our fellow brethren in the allied revolutionary movement have finally acheived their demands. Much like Moses and Godzilla their leader had been condemned to live in the wilderness for his brazen ways in trying to acheive their revolutionary movements goals of more equitable hours, pay, and affordable property insurance.
Long live the revolution!
I would like to introduce to you, our new, systems engineer for the revolution, Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer.
Comrades, tomorrow we shall attack the next steps in the revolution.
Rejoice!
The strike is over. Our fellow brethren in the allied revolutionary movement have finally acheived their demands. Much like Moses and Godzilla their leader had been condemned to live in the wilderness for his brazen ways in trying to acheive their revolutionary movements goals of more equitable hours, pay, and affordable property insurance.
Long live the revolution!
I would like to introduce to you, our new, systems engineer for the revolution, Comrade Revolutionary Systems Engineer.
Comrades, tomorrow we shall attack the next steps in the revolution.
Rejoice!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Comrades, Comrades.
Please settle down.
The reorg of the revolution will not affect the revolution.
Also, Comrades, there has been a change request initiated. This is our first change request, so we shall handle this in our change request process that our revolutionary organization has as customary.
The Requestor, who had asked that we initiate our revolution through education, consensus building, long term societal devolopment, and engaging in the system, has been sentenced to some time at the revolutionary reeducation center. They will be back in 10 years after they have learned their lesson.
Back to the reorg.
Comrades, any problems???
Please settle down.
The reorg of the revolution will not affect the revolution.
Also, Comrades, there has been a change request initiated. This is our first change request, so we shall handle this in our change request process that our revolutionary organization has as customary.
The Requestor, who had asked that we initiate our revolution through education, consensus building, long term societal devolopment, and engaging in the system, has been sentenced to some time at the revolutionary reeducation center. They will be back in 10 years after they have learned their lesson.
Back to the reorg.
Comrades, any problems???
Monday, August 27, 2007
Rejoice Comrades!
We have evaded the Feds by moving the blog. There is no way they can track us now, especially since we are in the safe realms of the greater blogosphere, and with good old AG AG (Attorney General Alberto Gonzales) stepping down today, there is not a soul anywhere that will track us down....
Comrades, when I last wrote to you, we had yet to decide on a work breakdown structure for the revolution because we had not nailed down all of the work items necessary for a revolution, and based on the complexity of the revolution, we shall need to break the revolution into phases.
What do we need for high level work items for phase I in the revolution:
A revolutionary communications plan and strategy.
A revolutionary recruitment and retention system for new revolutionaries to the cause.
A source of funding.
A list of additional assets for our revolution (we need more than just determination), as well as a plan for procuring them - Most items for a revolution are not available in stores.
A security plan.
A list of other necessary items that we do not know.
What have we missed?
We have evaded the Feds by moving the blog. There is no way they can track us now, especially since we are in the safe realms of the greater blogosphere, and with good old AG AG (Attorney General Alberto Gonzales) stepping down today, there is not a soul anywhere that will track us down....
Comrades, when I last wrote to you, we had yet to decide on a work breakdown structure for the revolution because we had not nailed down all of the work items necessary for a revolution, and based on the complexity of the revolution, we shall need to break the revolution into phases.
What do we need for high level work items for phase I in the revolution:
A revolutionary communications plan and strategy.
A revolutionary recruitment and retention system for new revolutionaries to the cause.
A source of funding.
A list of additional assets for our revolution (we need more than just determination), as well as a plan for procuring them - Most items for a revolution are not available in stores.
A security plan.
A list of other necessary items that we do not know.
What have we missed?
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