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Tag: Managing Projects

Conducting a Successful Brainstorming Meeting

Posted October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 Alan Zucker8 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Well facilitated brainstorming sessions are amazing.  A creative, sharing atmosphere is built. Numerous ideas are generated.  Participants feel productive, valued, and are enthusiastic.  By contrast, […]

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

Posted August 2, 2018 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Project Management

Ben Franklin was a an American founding father, inventor, diplomat, and philosopher.  He also wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac which contained information for farmers and timeless adages.  […]

Value of Visual Inspection

Posted July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Project Management

Recently, my wife and I took a trip.  We were at the airport.  Our flight was delayed.  She was sitting with her back to the […]

Project Portfolio Management: Simplify the Selection Process

Posted June 3, 2018June 3, 2018 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Project Management

Many organizations struggle with project portfolio management (PPM).  On the face of it, portfolio management should be easy.  We want to align our fi\unding decisions […]

Learning to Love the PMBOK®–It Wasn’t Easy

Posted March 1, 2018March 5, 2018 Alan Zucker4 CommentsPosted in Project Management

Years ago, I begrudgingly took my project management certification (PMP®) exam.  I passed.  Almost a decade later, I now teach PMP® preparation classes and see […]

Scrum vs. Kanban: What to Choose?

Posted January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 Alan Zucker3 CommentsPosted in Agile

Organizations starting their Agile journey are confronted with an array of choices.  One early decision is, what methodology and process to follow? The authors of […]

Culture and Successful Projects

Posted January 3, 2018January 5, 2018 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Project Management

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 […]

Agile and the Product Mindset

Posted August 1, 2017July 31, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Project Management

Adopting a product mindset is critical when transforming to an Agile development methodology, like Scrum. Shifting our thinking from project to product expands our view […]

Agile Project Management

If Agile is Better, Why is Adoption So Low?

Posted June 1, 2017June 7, 2017 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Project Management

Agile software projects have significantly better outcomes than Waterfall methodologies. Statistics from the 2015 Standish Group’s Chaos Report show that, on average, Agile projects are […]

Controlling the Runaway Meeting

Posted January 1, 2017October 25, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

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 […]

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