There has been much ink spilled in the hysteria about the level of executive compensation in Australia and elsewhere.  Some vitriol has been justified in instances of overt incompetence or malfeasance, but arguments for legislative constraints on payment levels seem simply bizarre to me. There has been a fascinating... 

Craig Brown and Mike Clayton have a related posts on the Work Breakdown Structure and estimating. Building a credible cost or schedule estimate is a “process” focused effort. Let's start with the guidance documents we use: The GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Hanbook NASA's Cost Estimating Handbook While... 

Before the latest economic downturn, many of my clients would bring together people from all over the world, put them into a conference room with pots of coffee and carbo-loaded snacks, and kept them there until they emerged with a raft of creative new ideas. Now, with organizations imposing travel bans for most internal...