Many job fields have professional designations; doctors, lawyers, accountants, realtors, etc. The same goes for project-oriented skills. The Project...
Project-Oriented Skills: Support the Profession and the Role
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Use Metrics to Diagnose Your Project’s Ills
Nobody likes dealing with a sick project, but we have all been there and done that. Some projects start out sick and stay that way for the duration;...
Everything is a Project
The industrial revolution brought about the division of labor, repeatable tasks, factories, and assembly lines. Work was accomplished by people...
Momentum – The X Factor in Project Success
In physics, momentum is a term used to describe a mass in motion. In competition it’s used to indicate which side has the current upper hand. It’s...
Estimating: Why We’ll Never Get It Right
Estimating . . . predicting . . . forecasting, these are three different words with three things in common. They establish a position on the future...
You Can’t Manage a Project While Working in it
No person starts their professional career in the role of project manager. Project managers usually have spent years as a member of project teams,...
Do Your Project Stakeholders Resemble Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Most projects start off with low levels of stress and lots of congeniality. Meetings are filled with give-and-take where people are amenable to...
You Need a Translator on Your Project Team
All projects have one thing in common, a communication gap between the visionary and the creator. Visionaries come in many forms. They may be an...
So, You Can’t Get People to Use the Software Tool
You hear about it all the time. Organizations invest in a software tool and then struggle with its adoption. It could be project management,...
The Elusive High Performance Team
In the 80’s high performance teams were the craze. Project management was just coming into its own and teams were getting more and more attention,...