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Rain, Flight Delays, and Risk Management

Posted August 1, 2016April 27, 2017 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Project 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 carousel completely soaked. My eyes […]

Agile Transformation—It’s About the People

Posted July 1, 2016April 26, 2017 Alan Zucker4 CommentsPosted in Agile

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 has spawned its own industry […]

Planning is a Process, Not an Outcome

Posted June 1, 2016April 19, 2017 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Project Management

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 are just the best approximation […]

Decision Making: 6 Ways to be More Effective

Posted May 1, 2016April 27, 2017 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Leadership, Project Management

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 unproductive. Instituting structured decision-making processes […]

Project Status is Subjective: Status Metrics

Posted April 1, 2016April 24, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

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, and stakeholders with actionable information. […]

Project Status is Subjective: Linguistic and Cognitive Bias

Posted March 1, 2016April 24, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

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 nature, status reporting is subjective. […]

Project Leadership: What Gets Measured, Gets Done

Posted February 1, 2016April 19, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

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 project outcomes, but only 30% […]

Projects are About People: 7 Ways to Put People First

Posted January 1, 2016December 4, 2019 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

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 important than either process or […]

Project Management for Ordinary People

Posted December 1, 2015April 16, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Project Management

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 Children to Work Day”, my […]

The Project Box—Evolving Beyond the Triple Constraint

Posted November 1, 2015April 16, 2017 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Agile, Project Management

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 two.” The phrase has become […]

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