The magic triangle: In any project, no matter how large or small it may be, there are three factors that determine its final result. These 3 factors are:Time (schedule, milestones)Costs (budget, resources)Scope/Quality (features, functionality) In proje …

Project completion: The project completion is confirmed by the customer as well as by MOBA AG (contractor) on a form, which is part of each target specification. When the product reaches serial production status (production release request has been passe …

In my last article, I explained the two possible ways of project management and also presented the combination of both ways as a hybrid approach. For some time now, we at MOBA have been combining both paths in suitable projects to form a hybrid development …

Flow of information, meetings and reports Communication channels and flow of information:For internal communication preferentially the direct input into the project management tool to be specified should be used both ways. This way all relevant data and i …

Customer change requests during the ongoing project The target specification developed together with the customer describes the functional requirements of the new development project. With the release of the requirement specification in written form, thi …

Budgeting / Cost controlling Budgeting / cost controlling is not a project management task, but a controlling task. One of the tasks of project management, however, is the recording of one-time costs, that is, the recording of one-time costs such as for t …

Resource management Probably the MOBA project managers have the same situation as many others in industrial companies all over the world: They plan countless tasks in dozens of simultaneously running projects and then have to coordinate the availability o …

Part 10 - Target times A template of a project structure plan (Gantt diagram) for each of the different product types is generated, which then must be copied and filled with target times. (Gantt diagram, see also The-MOBA-Project-Management-Part-3)In the …

  For a long time there were only 2 separate ways in project management, the waterfall or V-model or the agile approach like SCRUM.   Recently, however, the advantages of both approaches have been increasingly recognized and we at MOBA are also trying to c …

Work packages Work packages have to be broken down into the individual staff member’s skill Levels(development of circuit diagrams, layout design, sample equipment etc.),since only this way the capacity overload of single resources can be made transparent …