The theorists have won. The latest version of Project Management Institute’s (PMI)® Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) has done...
RIP: The Project Triangle
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Project Management
Haunting Deadlines
Working on projects can be very demanding, taxing our energy and resiliency. There are often spurts of overtime that have to be put in to get a...
End-Users Have Horizon Lines Too
We have been unfair to end-users for far too long. We ask them what they want the application to do for them and they tell us as best they can. Then...
Don’t Forget About the Project Environment
Projects are neither good nor bad: they’re neutral. They succeed or fail because of what team members do to them, the skills each team member brings...
Defining Your Project Into a Box
The hardest thing to do when launching a project is to define it into a box. Yes, I said define it INTO a box. When a project starts there are lots...
The Problem with Getting it “Right”
“If management would only let us do it the right way.” “We can’t do it without the right tools.” “If only we had the right people on this.” Right....