Understanding Your Customer’s Attachment Style
Program managers, used synonymously with Project Managers here, are often the most consistent face of the organization to the customer […]
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Communications
Some rules are meant to be broken….
When things are not going our way, we need to stop and evaluate; because things are supposed to work smoothly together. So, when we find any type of resistance, chances are something isn’t matching. Either the rules or the people involved are not aligned. Once again – no one is doing anything wrong. It’s just not a perfect match, yet.
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Handling delays in a project schedule (Part III)
This is the second part of a three part article discussing “how does a project manager intelligently handle delays?”
Last article we focused on acknowledging the natural flow of a project which includes periodic speed bumps and roadblocks. In today’s article we’ll focus on using critical path analysis to assist with project management. Diagramming the critical paths of a project accomplishes several things:
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Handling the speed-bumps in a project schedule (Part I)
Last week I was taping a series of lectures for the Sequel Server World Wide User Group (SSWUG.org), and I was asked “how does a project manager handle items that causes us to miss deadlines?”
This is an interesting question, because every project will have speed bumps. A good project manager expects speed-bumps and actually plans for the unexpected. So – how does one do this intelligently to synchronize with the final delivery dates?
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Handling the delays in a project schedule (Part II)
This is the second part of a three part article discussing “how does a project manager intelligently handle delays in a project?”
Last article we focused on acknowledging the natual flow of a project which includes periodic speed bumps and roadblocks. In today’s article we’ll focus on using recovery protocol plans to assist with project management.
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Tips to increase effectiveness and efficiency at the office
Many of us like to think of ourselves are multi-tasking experts. But in reality, multi-tasking is an euphemism for “interruption”
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Holiday Compassion All Year Long
This time of year in the US many people, including me and my family, celebrate Christmas. It’s the most important
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Disappointed? 5 Insightful Ways to Rise Again
Happy to be here … let me introduce myself: My name is Mildred Lynn McDonald. I hail from the bonnie
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The Hitchikers Guide to the PMBOK
“The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.” “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they
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Status is Important… Is That Right?
One of your responsibilities as Project Manager is to ensure project milestones are being met, and that everyone is on
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Why projects fail?
So many projects depend on IT and business alignment, and so many fail because that alignment is often like a Platonic ideal unrealizable in the real world. The question is:
why projects fail,
who’s to blame,
and how to fix the problem.
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