If you’re pondering a Project Manager hire, you fall into one of two camps: 1) Your people have been acting as part-time Project Managers and you’re considering your first hire, or, 2) Your firm has Project Manager as a job title and you’re looking to add another. In either case, here is a relatively new…
If you ever want to feel totally overwhelmed, have them Google “What are the best Project Management Tools?” Three hundred twenty-nine million results later (in 0.85 seconds), you’ll find the top twenty entries, half of which are ads. Google will also feature an article, “Seven of the Best Project Management Tools For Your Business.” And…
I’ve heard that VIDEO is the way to go nowadays, and that only dinosaurs ignore that fact. Seeing as dinos are all extinct and I have more of a forward-looking vision anyway, I’m happy to announce this new feature. It’ll look like this: You will be able to access it from the YouTube icon…
Gail, the Project Manager was apoplectic. “How could this happen? This project has gone right into the loo.” (This was a European-based project.) She showed me the project status chart. Even a novice could readily see the project had tanked, suddenly and severely. “Do you have a sponsoring steering committee?” I asked. “Of course!” She…
The project leader, a seasoned vice president, knew they were behind. The project team knew too. Everyone knew the importance of the project, knew how tough it was, knew they were late and knew something had to be done. “I don’t see much choice,” the VP said to his advisors. “I think I have to…
Any organization’s results are directly created by the BEHAVIORS of the organization’s people. So if you want to have the best project management outcomes, you should create a project environment which encourages the very best project behaviors. So, what exactly are those behaviors? Stop reading for just a moment and write down one to three…
When a GPS calculates your destination arrival time, it’s taking into account the remaining route, the speed limits and even the current traffic when adding up the individual routes and providing you a single answer. That would be great for projects too, right? Projects, however, are more difficult to forecast as tasks contains greater uncertainly…
“Are we there yet?” Yes, that was one of my kids from the back seat asking if we were at our destination. But I heard this differently. I heard my boss — and he was loud and clear. “When’s that project ever going to be done?!” Kids are motivated by immediate gratification. Bosses by performance,…
You’ve agreed on your destination: a quaint cabin on a tranquil pond in a remote national forest. The weekend is here and the quicker you get to your retreat, the quicker you get to relax and enjoy the ambience, taking a break from the rat race. You throw your gear into the back of your…