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How to handle challenges developing schedules as the profession changes?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Nice discussion in preparation to the PMI® Scheduling Conference 2017
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Post your comments or questions regarding this topic..

Here some questions I had...

Is the Profession Changing?

What challenges Schedule Professionals have when developing Schedules?

Are these challenges changing or they are the same challenges we had in the past?
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
George, I don't have much to add here, but interested in hearing what others have to say. Interesting questions. Look forward to the responses.
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Cris Casey Managing Director| Exertus, Inc.
George, I am not sure what you are going for here.

"Scheduling" covers a lot of ground, but the fundamental challenge remains the same: how do you accurately predict the future before and during an initiative. This involves building a malleable model.

And as statistician George Box points out "All models are wrong ... but some are useful" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong).
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2 replies by George Lewis
Mar 20, 2017 12:13 PM
George Lewis
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Cris - I'm going to read this post... Seems very interesting...

"All models are wrong ... but some are useful"

Thanks for sharing
Mar 20, 2017 1:41 PM
George Lewis
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I agree one of the challenges is how to accurately predict the future, but do we have enough tools and techniques to do so?

Sometimes I belive we PM use same old paradigms, even when we know the world and PM-SP world has changed significantly.
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Mar 20, 2017 9:51 AM
Replying to Cris Casey
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George, I am not sure what you are going for here.

"Scheduling" covers a lot of ground, but the fundamental challenge remains the same: how do you accurately predict the future before and during an initiative. This involves building a malleable model.

And as statistician George Box points out "All models are wrong ... but some are useful" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong).
Cris - I'm going to read this post... Seems very interesting...

"All models are wrong ... but some are useful"

Thanks for sharing
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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
I'll join the conference, very interested as Andrew, in hearing others in order to learn.
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Mar 20, 2017 9:51 AM
Replying to Cris Casey
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George, I am not sure what you are going for here.

"Scheduling" covers a lot of ground, but the fundamental challenge remains the same: how do you accurately predict the future before and during an initiative. This involves building a malleable model.

And as statistician George Box points out "All models are wrong ... but some are useful" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong).
I agree one of the challenges is how to accurately predict the future, but do we have enough tools and techniques to do so?

Sometimes I belive we PM use same old paradigms, even when we know the world and PM-SP world has changed significantly.

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