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Answer ‘What,’ ‘Why,’ and ‘How’ Before Committing to a Project
Creating an excellent project charter is a science and an art. You can create a great project charter, only if…
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Creating a Winning Culture in 3 Steps
In Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy famously mused that “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family, on the other hand,…
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3 PMO Design Models You Should Know About
I frequently stop by the project management subreddit to see what is being discussed and join in sometimes. One frequent…
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Defining Status Metrics: RAG, Trends, and Transitions
A former colleague of mine, Rob Young, recently lamented the lack of rigor in governance by new project managers. This…
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How to Identify Risks with a SWOT Analysis
Project managers can use several tools to identify project risks, including interviews, brainstorming, checklists, assumption analysis, cause-and-effect diagrams, the nominal…
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Status Reports: Separating Information from News
I am sure you have heard about the old news where it was proclaimed that dog-bites-man is not news, but…
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There’s More to a System Design Than Requirements
A few years ago, I was asked to assist on a project where the client was replacing a highly-customized legacy…
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The What, Why, and When of Evaluating Project Risks
Every project is a journey of uncertainty. How can we complete the challenges of each journey successfully? By identifying, evaluating,…
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Balance Incident and Change (or Prepare for a Thursday Beatdown)
Recently, as part of a professional networking organization, I was tasked with scheduling a session for like-minded colleagues. The challenge,…
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The Three ‘Ins’ That Are Putting Our Projects behind Schedule
It was the short week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and I had time to think while stuck in…
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