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December 1, 2015April 16, 2017Project Management

Project Management for Ordinary People

Most people don’t understand what project managers do! When people ask my wife what I do, she shows them my LinkedIn® profile. After “Bring Your […]

November 1, 2015April 16, 2017Agile, Project Management

The Project Box—Evolving Beyond the Triple Constraint

Traditionally, project managers are told to optimize scope subject to constraints on time, cost, and quality. This is embodied in the expression, “better, faster, cheaper—choose […]

October 15, 2015April 19, 2017Agile

Peter Drucker: The Father of Agilism

About a year ago, I started the Agile journey. At the same time, I decided to reread Peter Drucker, the father of modern management. As […]

October 1, 2015April 16, 2017Agile, Project Management

Questioning Gravity: Is the Triple Constraint Really Relevant?

The “triple constraint” is to project management as Newton’s Laws are to physics.  “Better, faster, cheaper—choose two” is so ingrained in the canon that we […]

September 1, 2015April 19, 2017Project Management

Peering into the Crystal Ball: 7 Tips for Successful Project Risk Management

Managing risk is a core knowledge area in The Guide to Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK ®).  According to the PMI’s Pulse on the […]

August 1, 2015April 25, 2021Project Management

5-Point Project Status + 6 Tips for Effective Status Reporting

A fundamental project management function is effectively communicating status.  When conveying status, the project manager should be crisp and concise, and calibrate the message to […]

July 1, 2015April 29, 2017Project Management

Keeping Projects On-Track

One of a project manager’s greatest challenges is keeping the project “on-track.”   Many forces conspire against meeting this goal.  To overcome these challenges, the […]

June 1, 2015April 15, 2017Agile

Was Drucker an Agilest?

Recently, I decided to reread Peter Drucker, the father of modern management.  I first read Drucker many years ago and expected to find ideas that […]

May 1, 2015May 4, 2017Project Management

Project Gone Bad—What to Do

When a project goes bad, it’s like getting sick. At first, you think it’s just allergies or you are a little under the weather. The […]

April 1, 2015April 15, 2017Project Management

Projects and Probabilities—A Dangerous Combination

“Lies, damned lies, and statistics”…Mark Twain Project managers need to be very careful how they use probabilities and statistics when discussing their projects.  Individual projects […]

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