Rain, Flight Delays, and Risk Management
It was almost midnight. Our 3-hour trip from Budapest through Frankfurt to Milan was now a 10-hour adventure. Our bags were coming off the luggage […]
Agile Transformation—It’s About the People
The Agile Manifesto declared independence from constraining, process-centric software development methodologies. The Manifesto advocated for a product-focused, team-centric approach. As Agile has moved mainstream, it […]
Planning is a Process, Not an Outcome
The project schedule is the most recognized project management artifact. Stakeholders embrace the schedule as a sacred covenant with the team. In reality, project plans […]
Decision Making: 6 Ways to be More Effective
Projects sometimes feel like the movie “Ground Hog Day”—endlessly revisiting the same decision hoping to get them right. This cycle is frustrating, time consuming and […]
Project Status is Subjective: Status Metrics
Project management relies on metrics to chart and manage performance. Good metrics are valuable. They measure the right things and provide the project manager, team, […]
Project Status is Subjective: Linguistic and Cognitive Bias
Status reporting is one of the most important functions performed by project managers. The profession strives for objective reporting and metrics. However, by its very […]
Project Leadership: What Gets Measured, Gets Done
Leadership is the holy grail of project management. According to CEB Global, project managers that possess entrepreneurial (leadership) skills are 40% more likely to deliver […]
Projects are About People: 7 Ways to Put People First
Projects are about people! People, process, and technology are the essential components of any organizational analysis. When it comes to software development, people are more […]
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 […]
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 […]