Project Decision-Making
Making good decisions is a critical project management skill. The challenge is to create a fair, efficient, effective, and transparent process for our teams and […]
Category: Project Management
Blogs on project management
Shift-Left, Shift-Right, Keep Middle
Shift-left is an Agile/DevOps call to action. It signaled the need to address quality sooner. As we adapt to the current dynamics, we should challenge […]
Effective Time Management for Project Teams
“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” Peter Drucker Time is our only finite resource. We cannot […]
Project Management…Words Matter
Words matter. Even in project management. Words can carry meaning far beyond their formal definitions. Connotation and perception can have unintended consequences. Even basic project […]
Project Management & AI: Bring It On
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform project management. Gartner estimated that AI may replace 80% of project management activities by 2030. A recent article in the […]
Managing Project Assumptions & Risks
We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Without them, we would spend innumerable hours worrying about everything. We assume our car will […]
Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption
Software projects have two measures of success. First, building and implementing working software. Second, having people use and adopt it. Project managers tend to focus […]
Project Management: Principles, Practices & Context
Einstein spent the last 30 years of his life searching in vain for a unifying theory of physics. The project management profession has had a […]
The Project Charter Lays the Foundation
The project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially […]
Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique
The Milestone-Kanban Schedule (MKS) is a hybrid project scheduling and management technique that combines traditional and agile best practices. The technique is well-suited for simple […]