TI2011 Spring 2020 – Page 18 – Project Evaluation and Management

Partial exam 2

--Originally published at Erick learning experience

This second partial was a lot different from the first one, first because the COVID-19 so all the classes became online, for some people this change was very challenging because they don’t have the sufficient self control to make all their works from home because at home, you have a lot more distractions and you have the computer in front of you instead of a teacher in the same place as you are, so thanks to that I learned how to work better at home while taking classes without distractions.

Another thing this partial change compared to the last one was the dynamics of the classes, I consider this second partial was very helpful because we heard experiences of people that are already working and doing well and how they started in that world. These things are important because at the Tec de Monterrey we learn how to do some basic things about programming, but we have to start making our own experiences first to know what we want to become at the future and learn more things about what we are doing instead of only learn from the classes because as the guest speakers said you learn a lot more when you are doing the things at work than in the school.

So in general the things I consider the most important and where the majority of guest speakers agree on are first making contacts, I am a person that I like to make thing alone but I have to change this mindset because the majority of the opportunities you have in a professional career are thanks to the contacts you have, because you can be very good at something but if nobody knows you is very difficult to have opportunities at work. So to improve this I decided

Second Partial Exam

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Chapter 12 reflection

--Originally published at Project Evaluation and Management

They’d had the assis- tance of the six product managers and the twelve newly redundant B- and C-Team managers. They’d divided them- selves up into groups of three and blitzed through ex-General Markov’s staff, looking for the best people. Now all the good developers had been combined into the six A-Teams, great idea. The official org chart showed him sitting directly on top of the six A-Team managers. This was something of a fiction, generated to keep Minister Belok off their backs.

Mr. T and the A-Teams were housed in the prestigious and very visible Aidrivoli-1 building. The six product man- agers and the B- and C-Teams were all hidden away in space that the ex-General had found for them in Aidrivoli-7.

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Mr. T received a fax from a Cam bridge company instructing him to meet T. Johns Caporous at the Varsjop airport the next morning. When T. Johns arrives, He spoke about twice as fast as anyone Mr. T had ever met before. His words came like bullets out of a machine gun. Mr. T come to guide with some of the data they had, asked how much equipment they had and was surprised to hear the amounts of computers, people, etc. that they had at their disposal. He helped them create the numbers they needed.

Data is valuable, and this system of metrics could give them a lot of it. Belinda saw its potential and was eager to retrieve information from previous projects. In order to get it, though, a lot of research was needed. They need to find as much information as possible about past projects and their new projects in order to model their information. if not, the information that T. Johns is giving Continue reading "Chapter 12 reflection"

Review on Chapter 19 of ‚The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management‘

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Planning vs. Doing

Kenoros gave all project teams grades on their design efforts. He only considered if all coded modules were established and if the interfaces between them were determined. An F means that this does not exist at all, which is the case in all but one of the A-teams, while all smaller B- and C-teams got an A or B.

Apparently, the reason being is that the A-teams started coding a long time ago, while the others stuck to the Oracle’s approach and are pushing back implementation to prioritize verification work first.

Kenoros theory is that as design work is for only a few people, the A-teams were simply too big and there were no other tasks to be done for the remaining workers. To not look like bad managers who let their people sit around doing nothing while a deadline comes closer and closer, they simply skipped the important part of dividing a project into small and meaningful pieces with the design process and went straight to the next step.

Even though it is not related to software products, this reminds me of a design thinking workshop I participated in: only a few people are needed in the beginning to figure out what the customer actually needs, not what he says he wants…

We had the example of a customer who wants to hang something on a wall and goes looking for a device to do that.
He goes to the store and says he wants a drilling device for that.
However, what he actually needs is simply a 5mm hole in the wall. In fact, he doesn´t care at all how it gets there…

Belinda shows on a white board the difference between a product with few and thin interfaces compared

Partial 2 – TI 2011

--Originally published at Project Evaluation and Management Reflections

Reflective and prospective post on the course TI 2011 – Project Evaluation and Management

What have I learned so far in this class?

The main takeaways for me in the second partial of this semester have been all the guest lectures we had, and the reading of our novel ‚The Deadline‚.

So, what have I learned from the guest lectures?
First of all, we had guest speakers with highly diverse backgrounds and working experience. They have worked in startups, big tech conglomerates or founded their own startups and one even went to Shark Tank to pitch his business. They also worked in all kinds of different areas, from the gaming tech industry to finance to health.
In general message I took from all of them was that we should try to get as much experience in as many fields as possible, to learn new stuff and to figure out what we actually want to do in our lives. While we need to put a lot of effort and dedication in to achieve new things, we should also never forget to take time for ourselves and for hobbies, not only to relax but also to find opportunities for inspiration and motivation. And most importantly, we should not try to do too many things at once but rather focus on one element and do that properly.
Personally, it helped me to hear about their opinions about doing a master’s degree. As it is super important in the working life to be able to work with other people or even manage people, those skills need to be learned and trained. Doing a master’s degree can help you exactly with that, as it requires students to be more like peers of professors or professionals rather than sitting in a

Partial II Reflection

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In this part I have learned a lot about how to undertake and how to be a good project manager. Thanks to the talks that the guests to the class have given us, there are many very important points that must be taken into account.

Entrepreneurship is not easy, as the Mexican saying goes “they are not enchiladas”. Everything takes time and you have to know that you are probably not the only one doing that, you have to know your client very well, know their needs and if your product will satisfy those needs. If there is already a product that is the same as yours, to think that it makes yours different from others, this is very complex, but you need to know the idea well and have it in a good base. As an entrepreneur you must know that it is difficult the first years and that you will not see much money, little by little you will grow and of course you will also begin to see the money back, since at the beginning you have to invest in the idea, human capital and In material to be able to carry out the idea, all that is not easy, you have to look for investors and of course not only look for any investor but rather someone who can guide you along the way. We who are young can create and undo ideas, as one guest said, being able to fail is not bad, you fail, those failures will help you to be better and to find your deficiencies and to be able to improve what we lack. It is important to recognize where we are wrong, because if we do not recognize our mistakes, we will always think that

Conference over conference

--Originally published at The Awesome Blog

Certainly, there are lots of things a human can do with its time, and during the past month, we spent it in a wonderful way. During the last period, we had the opportunity to meet a lot of important people.

To name some of them, we met Dazia Pineda, Jorge Morales, Lucio and Calendario Gutierrez, Iliana Valdelamar, and Jorge Suarez.

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With them, we learned a lot about the videogame industry, about project management, and even about what it takes to have a Master’s Degree.

But that’s not all, we also had the opportunity to advance in our readings about the wonderful book called The Deadline: A novel about project management. In the last few chapters of the book, we reached a new level of knowledge.

We read about the importance of taking a measurement of your project’s complexity, in the book, for example, they show an example of this with the Function Points. We also read about the importance of having a good design, but not at a high-level design, instead, we should have a low level-design and start coding at the bitter end. We saw how pressure can make your project go slower and we also discovered that Specification problems can be caused by conflicts. Of course! talking about conflicts, we also learned how to overcome them and the steps required to do so.

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In other words, during this part of the semester, we learned lots of things. I can’t wait to see what will happen from now on.

Measuring projects!

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In this episode of the adventures of Mr. T., he learns with his friends how useful it is to measure projects and understand its complexities! I'm not going to enter in detail of what happened in the book (I read this chapter a few weeks ago, and I almost don't remember the subjacent story), but … Continue reading Measuring projects!

Overcoming Conflicts

--Originally published at The Awesome Blog

A thing you cannot ignore is conflict. Conflict is everywhere! and in an organization is an important thing to tackle. Since conflict can be the difference between the success of your project or its own failure.

Of course, there are ways to resolve conflicts. One way is the negotiation, but as the book says, “Negotiation is hard, mediation is easy”. Negotiate means that if you give a part, you lose another part whereas Mediation means that both can achieve something without losing.

Conflict is not an unprofessional behavior as everybody might think. Conflict is when two goals might be one against another, but this is often false since they both will help achieve a bigger goal.

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Of course, if you try to resolve a conflict you need a catalyst. A catalyst is a person that can contribute to projects by helping teams to form and gel and to remain healthy and productive. A catalyst job is essential, for it helps to mediate during conflicts.

And obviously, if you are trying to solve a problem, the most important thing about it is that the parts accept you to mediate between them, you cannot force them to be jell, and of course, it’s almost impossible to act as a catalyst if you are a boss, this will pressure them and might cause more problems.

Second Partial Exam (Pivoting)

--Originally published at Coder Bebop

The thing I am taking with me from this partial I would say is Jorge Suarez’s outgoing and loudmouthed way of expressing, I was raised in a household where they do not let us use many swearing words (even until now, being 21 years old, my father shows strong dislike when I use them). Seeing someone like Jorge gave me some awareness of the different styles people use to communicate.