Outline of presentation
Why visualization mattersAd hoc solutionsFit-for-purpose tools
Important conversationsBuild, validate, and sell plansGather actuals and update plansAnalyze variancesWeigh changesPersuade others to make changes
Underlined conversations are quicker and higher-quality with custom pictures
Recall an infamous series of project conversations …
Complexity, visualization, and quality
What the engineers used in their meeting
Graph that they did not see until later
Complexity, visualization, and quality
Forecasted Launch
Temperature
Risky Trend in O-Ring DamageVs. Temperature
Pictures get resultsUse custom pictures to converse on:• How things work• Big picture• Progress• Risks• Resources• Recommendations for next steps
Dynamic project: at kickoff
Dynamic project: in trouble
Dynamic project: mitigation
Outline of presentation
Why visualization mattersAd hoc solutionsFit-for-purpose tools
Ad hoc solutions to schedule visualization
Capture MS Project screen
Build chart by hand in PowerPoint or Visio
Ad hoc schedule visualization– captured view
Filter in MS Project, capture screen, paste into PowerPoint:
inflexible tedious hard to focus hard to standardize
Ad hoc solutions to schedule visualization
Capture MS Project screen
Build chart by hand in PowerPoint or Visio
Ad hoc visualization- Hand-drawn PowerPointVisio Integrationflexibletedious error-pronehard to updatehard to standardize
Ad hoc visualization- Hand-drawn Visio
Visio chartsflexibletedious error-pronehard to updatehard to standardize
Outline of presentation
Why visualization mattersAd hoc solutionsFit-for-purpose tool OnePager Pro (for MS Project)
Demonstration of OnePager
OnePager Pro (addin for MS Project)
Multi-project example
Milestone-only example
Multi-project example
Comments, links, and critical path
Curtain example
Baselines and embedded graphics
Demo sample
“Ribbon” example
Phase-organization example
Single-ribbon example
Fit-for-purpose schedule visualization tools
Advantages of the OnePager tools: Large time savings for presenter Faster focus of everyone’s attention on key issues Reliability of picture (ties with your data) Visual tracking of changes (snapshots) Customizable views: baseline, critical path, risks, resources,
categories, phases, ... . Standardization across projects and departments