Being Intimidated by Risk Management
May 2, 2007
Takeaway: A lot of project managers are intimidated by the notion of risk management. However, this simple five-step process above will be more than adequate for most projects. A reactive project manager tries to resolve issues when they occur. A proactive... Read more...
Avoiding Project Failures
March 5, 2007
Avoid these common causes for project failure First Published in Techrepublic (http: //articles.techrepublic.com.com/) June 28, 2005. Originally by Tom Mochal, PMP, is a project management mentor and President of TenStep, Inc., a methodology development,... Read more...
Building Project Teams
February 1, 2007
Building high quality project teams requires establishing and maintaining peak interpersonal cooperation, team enthusiasm, and cohesion. What follows is a process that outlines the benefits derived from quality project teams, when to establish a team... Read more...
How Productive are your Meetings?
September 15, 2006
"Unless someone is looking for an excuse to duck a work assignment, nobody wants to attend an inconsequential meeting." - Bryce's Law I read an interesting article today from Tim Bryce of M. Bryce & Associates (MBA) of Palm Harbor, Florida regarding... Read more...
Company Cultures impact Project Sucess
September 8, 2006
Culture can be both an obstacle to and an enabler of high performance project teams. By linking project outcomes to the measured company performance and targeting the root causes of resistance, high performance project teams can create value while working... 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...
Creating an organizational project framework to ensure project sucess
May 16, 2006
Creating a project framework means defining the infrastructure, processes, organization, and resources for managing a project. Your organization will realize key benefits such as: (1) A basis for project planning, tracking, and communications, (2) An... Read more...