Projects…Start with What & Why
What are we doing? And why are we doing it? These are the first two critical questions that must be asked at the start of […]
Author: Alan Zucker
Agile Project Planning
Agile planning should be simple. Agile embraces flexibility, adaptability, and incremental delivery. Therefore, planning processes are designed to be lightweight and time-efficient. Many organizations struggle […]
Creating Accountability
At the beginning of my project management classes, I ask participants if they have any big, burning questions. Accountability always tops the list. Project managers […]
Reports of Agile’s Death are Exaggerated
Amid swirling rumors that Mark Twain was gravely ill, a journalist wrote to inquire about his health. The ever-witty Twain responded, “Reports of my death […]
The Economics of Project Management Certification
I earned a master’s degree in economics and worked in the field for a few years before shifting to project management. Despite the shift, I […]
The Cookie Post…Great Leadership
Sometimes, great leadership appears effortless. The leader’s actions seem intuitive and simple, yet the impact is powerful. I was inspired by US Navy Captain Chris […]
Earned Work: Measuring Project Performance
Earned Work Management is a lightweight, approach-agnostic project performance measurement system that supports Waterfall, Scrum, and Kanban. This allows organizations employing different project approaches to […]
Intentional Project Management
Meteorologists are better at predicting the weather than project managers are at delivering projects. About a third of projects are delivered on time, on budget, […]
Scaling Your Project Management Career
Project managers ascend the career ladder based on accumulated experience-derived wisdom and managing progressively larger and more complicated efforts. A typical trajectory involves moving from […]
Are We Aligned?
Stakeholder alignment—or lack thereof—can be the difference between project success and failure. In today’s dynamic business environment, projects face multiple stakeholders and constituencies. Often, these […]