If you know how to drive, you already understand project management. You may still not want to be a project manager, but at least you understand better their function and value. In fact, project management and defensive driving have much in common.
If you can drive, you can understand project managing. Read More »
Most everyone is familiar with Pro and Con lists to help make a decision. Often times the Pro and Con List does very little to clarify the decision – because – well – the reason you are creating the Pro/Con list is because it was a ‘close call’ to begin with. We don’t go to the trouble of making a Pro and Con list on ‘no-brainers’. Often times the pro and cons are pretty equal – making the decision still difficult. Our mistake is that we stop at this point. We don’t take the next step to reduce the impact of the “Cons”.
Pro and Con list to make better decisions. Read More »
A decision calendar? You’re already drowning in calendars, I know. You maintain your project milestones calendar, your team’s meeting calendar,
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We have a wonderful German Shepherd puppy named Spice. She is black and brown and fuzzy… and did I say
As a Project Manager, it is going to be necessary to pave the way through obstacles that come up as the project progresses. Some say that this is the main responsibility of a Project Manager, and I tend to agree. It is up to the Project Manager to ensure that obstacles are dealt with and mitigated before they affect the project team and the project itself. Generally, there are three different kinds of obstacles that projects face: Technical, Political, and Emotional.
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Getting the project team’s decision making framework set upfront will pay huge dividends when you need it most.
3 Levels of Project Team Decision Making Read More »
Over the last few days this week, I described three scenarios and the difficult decisions Project Managers made in each
Ethical and People Issues Read More »
Patal Fray was Project Manager of a very big and important project for his firm. He was very proud to
Scenario #3 – No thanks, I want to do a good job here Read More »
A friend of mine once told me about a technique for keeping track of lessons learned. She keeps a file
At an entrepreneurs’ forum I recently attended, I was heartened to hear that even startups recommended checkpoint reviews. The term
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It seems to me that too many High Tech companies have become so bureaucratic that the processes and meetings and
How to Kill a Project Read More »