How to Create an Effective Status Meeting Agenda
Status meetings have a tendency to get a bad reputation. Many can feel that spending anywhere from a half-hour to …
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A Tale of Three Cities – London, Toronto, and Redwood Shores
It had all the earmarks of a disaster, a real career-sinker of a project. And here was my old friend …
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My Own Worst Enemy
Once in a while I get the urge to wear some insanely high heeled shoes. After an evening of wobbling …
Stuck in Space and Time
This week, in anticipation of Halloween, I asked several of my project management friends to give me their PM Horror …
The POO Code, Chapter Five
The applause was thundering as the magician completed his performance. Proman A. Jecgert had hired the magician to help celebrate …
How to Get the Estimates You Need
So you need to put together a schedule, but are having trouble getting estimates from your team? Believe it or …
Avoiding Communication Pitfalls
Ugh, the communication pitfall. We’ve all fallen into them. The question is, can you get out? Or better still, can …
Over-extending – over-commitment – over-time
My ex-husband always made us late for appointments because he’d estimate time “as the crow flies” – not ever taking …
The Bad PM Olympics
Recently I realized that I have become a little cynical about project management. Maybe I’m just negative, and most projects …