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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Project Management: An Apprenticeship Model of Learning
My company has an active program to hire college graduates. Every summer my team is graced with newly minted graduates who want to rotate through […]