Daniel Linman | Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices - Part 23
Daniel Linman

Daniel Linman

IT Software Consultant · Canada
MyMG Contributing Expert since 2010IT procurement & software selection

Daniel Linman is an IT software consultant based in Canada. He works with companies on the unglamorous side of technology: choosing software, negotiating with vendors, and making sure a new tool fits the systems and data rules already in place.

Much of his work happens around SaaS and custom software purchases. He sets up renewal calendars so contracts don't auto-renew by accident, pushes for Canadian-dollar pricing when budgets are in CAD, and asks US vendors about Quebec's Law 25 before any personal data leaves the province. Outside work, Daniel plays guitar and spends his weekends hiking with his family.

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What is Project Duration and How to Estimate It

Project Duration: Definition, Estimation Techniques and Best Software

In this guide, we will look at the essentials of project management time estimation. First, we will define project duration and how to estimate it. Then, we will take a look at the importance of project time estimation. We will also delve deeper into techniques used to measure and estimate project duration.

Value Management in project

Value Management in Projects – Definition and Goals

In the broadest sense, value management defines a process of delivering some benefit to a client. When we talk about project implementation, delivery of expected results, and organization of activities, value management concerns the benefits the customer derives from successfully implementing a given project.

Approach to problem solving

Use the “Solve My Own Problem” method to create a really saleable product

One of the most effective yet affordable ways to design a product or service is to create something that you personally want to use. Then you will be both a product designer and a consumer simultaneously – you will benefit from applying your skills and knowledge to the product development and testing. You will make effort to create something that delivers the use value to you.

For example, you are a small IT company which has development staff working on some projects. It is your business startup and you do not have much money to invest in software solutions that could allow your developers to work collaboratively, share projects, manage working schedules, make assignments, and so on. Although your staff requires project management software to lead and carry out IT projects, you may not spend money on purchasing such software but find a workaround, which is actually means to develop your own PM software that meets the needs of your developers. By developing the PM software, you solve problems associated with management and organization of projects in your company as well as create a product that can be sold to other people.

agile software dev

Agile PM Methodologies for Software Development

Agile project management (PM) methodologies have appeared to fit the new requirements of IT companies and to deliver new tools in order to efficiently undertake application development processes. This short review of agile PM methodologies gives a description of three agile software development approaches, including Scrum, Extreme Programming and Agile Modelling.

stand for your dream always

Always Stand for Your Dream, Then the Right Decision Will Be Obvious To You

If you ask a person on the street whether he or she has the best management ideas, you are likely to get plenty of the best management thoughts from that person. And it seems to be, most of us have many ideas and thoughts that could be implemented to manage things better. Someone has an idea of organizing a home-based business, the other one dreams of the way to manage tasks better, etc. The rest people may think about how to make their lives healthier and more cheerful.