June 3, 2010
One of Systemation’s most highly sought after single discipline classes within project management is risk management. Directors are hot on it; they feel their PM’s are […]
May 26, 2010
Most work environments require interacting with others. Some people view these interactions as separate events they must endure and others view them as enriching, ongoing relationships. […]
May 12, 2010
We’ve talked about how useful the project triangle (RIP: The Project Triangle) is for understanding the dynamics between scope, time, and cost on projects. Now we […]
April 29, 2010
You’ve heard it said that electricity follows the path of least resistance, so why shouldn’t this principle apply to our decision making too? We’ve all been […]
April 14, 2010
Really? With such a preponderance of project management literature it is hard to believe there are only five pillars of practices that a PM has to […]
April 8, 2010
We spend lots of time and energy covering our butts. Documents and emails are generated to record agreements, records are created for tasks we work on, […]
March 26, 2010
It’s amazing how a simple tool such as a project schedule, with multiple tasks and a project completion date, can create so much shame or joy […]
February 23, 2010
Most everyone starts their project with a schedule. They define the work that needs to be completed in the form of activities with varying levels of […]
February 3, 2010
We’re all very familiar with baselines in life. We may not call them by that name, but they’re all around us. They tell us when we […]