Clay Rehm's Answer: Yes you can, and yes you should. There is no reason why small deliverables cannot be delivered each three months or so. This takes proper planning, but more importantly, a solid commitment from the team members to stick to the plan.
For this to work, the team members must be told what is in it for them to make this happen. Typically, the items overlooked in a project are the passion, interest and availability of the team resources. Spend one-on-one time with each team member to find out what they are looking to get out of the project, and what they will and can do to contribute to its success.
Clay Rehm, CCP, PMP, is president of Rehm Technology (www.rehmtech.com), a consulting firm specializing in data integration solutions. Rehm provides hands-on expertise in project management, assessments, methodologies, data modeling, database design, metadata and systems analysis, design and development. He has worked in multiple platforms and his experience spans operational and data warehouse environments. Rehm is a technical book editor and is a co-author of the book, Impossible Data Warehouse Situations with Solutions from the Experts. In addition, he is a Certified Computing Professional (CCP), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Software Engineering from Carroll College. He can be reached at clay.rehm@rehmtech.com.
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