“We don’t need no stinking Gantt chart!”
Last year I wrote about Map Days (search for Solera and you’ll find my entries). You may recall that Map …
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Managing Projects in Large vs. Small Organizations
I’ve managed projects in F100 companies and in small companies. There are positives and negatives in both but sometimes I …
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The Agony of the Budget – Part 2
“Have you included the depreciation in your budget plan?” Those words or similar ones is what I’ve heard from some …
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The Agony of the Budget
The triple constraint, in many cases, is a given to project managers. Regardless of approach, methodology, or industry, most PMs …
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Energizing Agile
We’ve all heard about Agile, the good and the bad. While to some Agile is relatively new, I started being …
Two Keys to Project Management
After many years as a project manager as well as teaching about project management, I’ve come to the realization that …
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Recognizing PM’s Skill Development Actions
Recognition is always key. What’s the role of recognition in developing project managers?
Developing PMs – The Mid Game
Are you rewarding the good PM or the fire fighter? Who do you want to recognize?
Coaching and Mentoring PMs
What else do we need to do besides providing training and a supporting culture to project managers? We need coaching and mentoring! How do we go about it setting such an environment?
Developing New Project Managers, Take II
What’s the role of the culture in developing project managers? Is it important? What do we need to do to make sure that the development of PMs is supported?
Developing New Project Managers
How do you develop a team of inexperienced PMs? A brief set of ideas here.
Project Decelerators – Lack of Quality
One of the issues that comes up when teams split the work is that, sometimes (grin), what is delivered to …
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Project Decelerators – Lack of Planning Clarity
So, you’ve met your stakeholders and gotten their support. Everyone agrees on the size of the breadbox. Details are needed, …
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Project Decelerators – Lack of Stakeholder Support
As we discussed yesterday, there are many project decelerators, among them lack of stakeholder support. Whether the stakeholders support your …
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Project Decelerators – what are they?
You are excited. A newly minted project manager, you have just received your first assignment: develop the new version of …
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Some Leadership Tidbits
My last role at Intel was leading a leadership development effort for a large group in the IT organization. I …
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Dictated dates: not!
We’ve all been there. “Here’s a project. It needs to be done in three months!” You get that sinking feeling …
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Measure Twice and Cut Once or Measure Once and Cut Twice?
What is it about software development projects that is different from many other types of projects? There are many things, …
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There has to be a better way, II
As I was mulling the blogs to write this week, along came my regular email from Projects @ Work including …
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There has to be a better way
Early in my PM career, back in the 1980s, I was assigned the technical leadership of a software migration effort. …
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