Planning for Project Initiation
Here’s another of those questions that comes up during consulting engagements, particularly those where resource planning is an important management process.Many organisations have a formal point at...
View ArticleProject Status Reports; Simpler is Better
NEED THE INFOThere’s a good article in Computerworld about project progress reports. The key lessons are to know your audience, including what they want to see, how they want to receive the...
View ArticleITIL: Proactive Problem Resolution through Problem Review Board …
Incident management systems are a tremendous source of data for proactive elimination of problem root causes. Want to have a significant impact on your IT organization’s performance. Combine the...
View ArticleBusiness Agility: IT Proactive Partner …
To support the need for business agility, IT must be a proactive partner in engaging with the business. Todd R. Weiss covers the theme at the Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders conference. … …...
View ArticleOne-Page Project Status Report; Keeping it Brief
There’s a great writeup in Projects@Work about project status reports, including tips on meeting format and frequency as well as a format for a one-page status report. According to the article, there...
View Article5 Lessons in Leadership
The following Lessons in Leadership were originally presented at a recent CIO Leadership Conference but are also applicable to PM’s: 10. Failure is not an option (as per Apollo 13′s project leader Gene...
View ArticleProject Early Warning System
If we can detect project problems early, we can resolve them. What’s your best indicator? Scope quality, SPI / CPI, QA results? … … “In general, the earlier you spot trouble, the easier it is to do...
View ArticleData Speaks, Not Necessarily
The truth is out there. Where? Who knows? Surely the project manager’s earned value spreadsheet. … … “The most politically savvy employee with the most persuasive arguments – and not necessarily the...
View ArticleReal-Time Project Events: Your Buns are Cooked
Here’s creative use of twitter for business. Think about the event-driven project, real-time status, and transparency. … … “All of the baker’s followers get a Twitter alert to tell them that it’s...
View ArticleProject stakeholder satisfaction
Do you track stakeholder satisfaction during your project? Besides the sponsor, have you identified any other stakeholders worth consulting? Identifying and engaging your stakeholders can position your...
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