There is a project joke that has been around for years... There are six stages of a project: 1. Enthusiasm2. Disillusionment3....
Respect The Project’s Natural Life-Cycle
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Guest Post: We’re Going Back to the Past
By Laurel Bretting, Systemation Marketing Guru Long time no see. That’s because we were concentrating on some special projects. We produced a...
Four Functional Disciplines Needed on All Projects
All projects have a set of common characteristic by definition: they are temporary endeavors undertaken to create a unique product, service, or...
Too Many Projects on Your Plate?
It used to be that we would hear of people managing three or four projects at a time. Now we are hearing of people who are managing 10 to 15 at a...
Four Crucial Factors for Schedule Integrity
Receiving project schedules is nothing new to us. We get them all the time. They can be for a project we are dependent on, have a casual interest...
Blogging Vacation
It started with a crazy week in the beginning of July. No blog that week. Then it turned into two crazy weeks and still no blog. Feeling burnt and...
When Nice Users Drive You Nuts
You know and appreciate them. Those super nice people who are always cordial, very amenable, never demanding or burdensome. In group settings you...
Enough is Enough: Planning is Important, BUT…
Over and over we hear how inadequate we are in planning our projects. Lots of people judge it to be this way because they think project managers do...
Is the Agile Community Struggling With Their Identity?
It has been over 10 years since the Agile Manifesto was written and signed by its creators. The methodology that followed has helped numerous...
Struggling To Define Your Project Approach?
It doesn’t seem that hard to define a project’s approach. It’s just a description of the project strategies for achieving the project objectives....