Estimating . . . predicting . . . forecasting, these are three different words with three things in common. They establish a position on the future […]
No person starts their professional career in the role of project manager. Project managers usually have spent years as a member of project teams, contributing directly […]
Most projects start off with low levels of stress and lots of congeniality. Meetings are filled with give-and-take where people are amenable to differing views and […]
All projects have one thing in common, a communication gap between the visionary and the creator. Visionaries come in many forms. They may be an innovator, […]
You hear about it all the time. Organizations invest in a software tool and then struggle with its adoption. It could be project management, customer relationship […]
In the 80’s high performance teams were the craze. Project management was just coming into its own and teams were getting more and more attention, but […]
You look across your organization and see a wide variation between your good project managers and the weaker ones. Everyone seems to be doing their own […]
Even if you follow all the practices laid out in Holding People Accountable (Part 1), you may still find team members failing to deliver as promised. […]