Project Management

This is something I found in my work confluence space. It was dated: Sep 11, 2019. I don’t remember why I put this in there. All I know is that it good information

I think of all the sections, project failure is the one to watch out for. As a government worker, the ones in bold are the big ones.

  • What is project?

    • Temporary in Nature, endeavor to create a unique product, capability or result.

    • Project has start/end date, expected output

  • Project Failure

    • Lack of Leadership, no one in charge or everyone

    • Lack of Stakeholder buy-in

      • Stakeholder is anyone who is affected by the project. Includes those who may stop it.

    • Poor scope definition

    • Project strays from its original goals

    • Unclear outcomes/expectations

    • Changing standards

    • Insufficient or mismanaged resources (budget/labor)

    • Poorly defined or unrealistic timeline

    • The project plan lacks structure and detail

    • The project is not tracked against the plan

    • Inadequate or non-existent testing with end user

    • Project team is not communicating

    • Political infighting.

  • Project Management Life cycle

    • Initiate

      • State the problem/need

      • Determine the scope/goals

      • Identity stakeholders (Decisions. Authority.Needs.Connections.Energy)

      • Determine what is success

      • Identify assumptions/risk

    • Plan

      • The how to complete the project

      • Risk Management

      • Resources

      • Communications

      • Scheduling (WorkBreakdownStucture)

      • Dependencies

      • Cost management

    • Execute

      • Roles

    • Monitor/Control

    • Close

2024 ADHD and the Static Blog Generator

My ADHD is getting the better of me. I have a nasty habit of wasting time looking at solutions instead of just getting the job done. In this case, blogging software.

My current site as of now uses Nikola static web. My concern with all open-source projects is it supported and continually developed, and there is there a plan if the primary developer stops

I have been playing with Hugo since it is number 2 and not JavaScript and Pelican.

All in all, I am sticking with Nikola, a very it just works feel for a Python-based static blog generator.

2023 in Exercise

In the tradition of last year, I decide run a report of what I have done as a year in exercise.

20222 Activities

Activity Type

Activities

Total Distance

Average Distance

Max Distance

Total Activity Time

Average Speed

Cycling

14

212.00 mi

15.14 mi

23.59 mi

18:07:34 h:m:s

11.7 mph

Gym & Fitness Equipment

148

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--

--

92:47:21 h:m:s

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Hiking

46

106.23 mi

6.25 mi

10.34 mi

157:45:24 h:m:s

0.7 mph

Other

55

17.94 mi

1.00 mi

1.70 mi

56:27:03 h:m:s

0.3 mph

Running

167

312.45 mi

2.44 mi

7.89 mi

83:35:34 h:m:s

3.7 mph

Walking

328

397.40 mi

1.21 mi

4.49 mi

148:54:19 h:m:s

2.7 mph

Water Sports

97

1,626.23 mi

16.77 mi

186.33 mi

314:23:07 h:m:s

5.2 mph

This time, I am going to remind myself that you cannot exercise yourself out of a bad diet again. Not as much exercise as last year.

Merry Christmas 2023

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In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirin′i-us was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there,In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirin′i-us was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. 7 And she gave birth to her first-born[a] son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

—Luke 2:1-7

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SBYC 2023 Fall 2 Wet Wednesday Fun Race on Escape

Initial wind for cast had the possibility of 40-mile gusts. Instead, we had extreme light wind at the start. Should have put the engine out or started earlier to get to the line in time. The wind finally filed in, giving us a chance to hit 11.9 knots. A good day to be on the ocean.