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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How do we track progress after a Map Day?
Deliverables-based project management, or as Timm Esque, author of “No Surprises Project Management”, calls it “Commitment-based” project management, makes tracking
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What happens during a Map Day?
So, what happens during map day? Yesterday I gave a quick overview of the process but now it is time
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