07/31/06 Tip of the Week. Justifying an EPM tool: Tip 4 - Increased customer satisfaction.
July 31, 2006
Customer satisfaction often is more than finishing projects on time, within budget, and within scope. The delivery process must also engage the customer, involve the customer, and meet the customer’s expectations. An EPM solution enables you to... Read more...
Episode #4 - Management Process
July 30, 2006
Episode #4 – Management Processes Notes - Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring, and Closure Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP All projects no matter the size or nature will consist of the following... Read more...
Episode #3 - Lessons Learned
July 29, 2006
Episode #3 – Lessons Learned Notes - Moving ahead with new understanding Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP Now that we have failed and reviewed the causes of our failures, what have we learned? This is... Read more...
The benefits of sticking to it
July 27, 2006
Today a client of mine emailed me with great news. He is starting to see results from the last 6 months of his marketing efforts. For instance, his sales pipeline is heating up thanks to an educational letter and follow up campaign we worked on—including... Read more...
PM humor: Project Management Proverbs from MH Roberts
July 27, 2006
I stumbled on some fun Project Management Proverbs written by Mike Harding Roberts and wanted to share a few: The same work under the same conditions will be estimated differently by ten different estimators or by one estimator at ten different times.... Read more...
07/24/06 Tip of the Week. Justifying an EPM tool: Tip 3 - Continuous process improvement.
July 24, 2006
Project organizations are increasingly standardizing their processes to improve operational efficiencies, increase cross functional teamwork, and more effectively manage projects of different types and sizes. With an EPM solution, you can implement a... Read more...
Episode 010 - Agile Project Management … Part 1
July 24, 2006
I had an opportunity to speak with Mike Griffiths of Quadrus Development in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Agile Project Management. It is a great interview and we had so much information to share, of course, that I am releasing it in two parts. I share... Read more...
Not Enough Slack in My Diet
July 23, 2006
I've been in a bit of a crunch at work and at home and now it's time to get back to sharing my experiances from the trenches. I have a few more Scrum sprints under my belt since I first started this blog. What Scrum does rather nicely is focus the team... Read more...
Murphy’s Laws
July 18, 2006
Murphy.s Laws Nature abhors an optimist. Some rules in the life of a project manager seem to always repeat themselves. I have found these little rules essential to my success over the years. Have any of you found these little laws to be truths for... Read more...
07/17/06 Tip of the Week. Justifying an EPM tool: Tip 2 - Faster, more informed business decisions.
July 17, 2006
An EPM solution can provide visibility into your project portfolio for monitoring performance, visualizing trends, and identifying business gaps. With these capabilities, you can make informed decisions on how to proceed with existing projects, make tradeoffs,... Read more...