Tag: Management | Project Management Essentials

May 1, 2025May 2, 2025Leadership, Project Management

Creating Accountability

At the beginning of my project management classes, I ask participants if they have any big, burning questions. Accountability always tops the list. Project managers […]

November 1, 2024November 3, 2024Project Management

Scaling Your Project Management Career

Project managers ascend the career ladder based on accumulated experience-derived wisdom and managing progressively larger and more complicated efforts. A typical trajectory involves moving from […]

March 1, 2024Agile, Leadership, Project Management

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 […]

January 5, 2024January 4, 2024Agile, Project Management

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 […]

December 1, 2023December 13, 2023Agile, Project Management

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 […]

October 1, 2023November 19, 2023Project Management

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 […]

January 3, 2023Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Taylorism: Then & Now

Frederick Winslow Taylor shaped the field of management science. He believed systematic and scientific methods could be applied to managing operations and production. His work […]

November 1, 2022October 31, 2022Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Simple Rules for High-Performing Agile Teams

Servant leadership and self-organizing teams are foundational Agile characteristics. However, defining these principles is like explaining gravity to a child—clear, tangible descriptions are elusive. The […]