No Time to be Efficient
Last week I was facilitating a meeting that consisted of an organization’s leadership team to develop a more efficient pricing model.
It’s a Quadrangle not a Triangle
When I first got involved in project management the mantra was to manage the triangle of cost, schedule and quality. If you could manage those pieces you were well on your way to a successful …
Technology is not Always the Right Fix
Awhile back I discussed this initiative I was working on and mentioned that this organization ‘bought the car without taking it for a test drive.” Initially I asked about rhe return on investment and expected …
PMBOK Third Edition Released
The Project Management Body of Knowledge – Third Edition was released. Go get it! J
Ford cancels Everest
Ford canceled the $200 million Everest project (Web purchasing project). The article of ADMag lists several causes for the failure including end-user expectations, integration issues. In the project management side several questions arise. Was there any early …
Irish Government with Project Management in mind
This week the Irish Minister for Transport acknowledged that project management is essencial for improving the productivity of the state. J
Project Management Pitfalls
Project Magazine published a PCI study that tries to assess project success and failure rates both within corporations and across Project Management Institute chapters. The main focus of the study is on “Do Senior Managers and Corporate …
Agile Software Development
AgileAlliance published in 2001 a manifesto with the principles that all software development projects should use. In the meantime a current is emerging that states that PMI principles and the agile Project Management are in some way incompatible. What the …
Project Management
Hi all, This is the first post of a blog with the goal of discussing and exchange ideas about this very broad topic. Hope you enjoy, J
Finding Project Management Jobs
Many businesses often employ project managers having the expertize in the specific sector at which project can be involved. Such qualifications will probably be highly desired and have a powerful reputation within project management. Along …