Culture and Successful Projects
Project management has a consistent and unimpressive performance record. The Standish Group’s on-going survey of project performance finds the percentage of projects that were deemed […]
Tag: Leadership
Effective Communications = Productive Project Teams
Effective communications are the cornerstone to successful projects and productive teams. The Agile Manifesto extolls the virtues of collaboration, individual interactions, and face-to-face communications. Projects […]
Stakeholder Management: A Key to Project Success
Projects with involved stakeholders are far more likely to be successful. But many projects suffer from low engagement from executives, users, and key stakeholders. The […]
We’ve Been Agile for Years, But…
When teaching classes on Agile and DevOps, I am always presented with the comment, “We’ve been Agile for years, but…” The student then continues to […]
Project Management: Centralized vs. Decentralized Delivery
Most enterprises have an ongoing debate about how best to organize their project management functions. Should project management be a centralized shared service? Or should […]
Powerful Words, “I Don’t Know”
“I don’t know” are three words that most people dread saying. The need to know the answer has followed us from school into the working […]
Controlling the Runaway Meeting
It is a common phenomenon. Something happens, usually something bad. Daily meetings are organized. Anyone connected with the event is there—from senior executives to junior […]
The Project Manager and the Scrum Master Should be Friends
There is a debate in the Agile community regarding the role of the project manager and the scrum master. These discussions remind me of a […]
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 […]
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 […]