project management
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A Dozen Commitments for Your Project Sponsor A project’s sponsors are the senior managers who want the project completed and control the project’s budget and schedule. Effective sponsors support the project manager to get the job done. |
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That’s a Great Idea! Let Me Get Back to You… Being responsive to customer needs and desires is not a bad thing—the decision to accept, reject, or defer a change is something that should be considered in light of the consequences of the delay. |
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The Cost of Running Late Projects exceed their predicted schedules for many reasons. The cost consequences of some delays are obvious, but some are subtle. Knowing the expected costs of delays is vital to supporting informed decision-making. |
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Control the Narrative We often talk about the importance of effective communication on a project, but we often omit timing and context. Messages need to be timely if a project manager is going to guide the narrative. |
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Human Resource Management, Multi-Tasking, and Waves Some tolerate multi-tasking better than others. Beyond tolerance and even the ability of some people to switch contexts more efficiently than others is an effect of multi-tasking that most of us have experienced but rarely discuss. |
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Losing the Battle One Hill at a Time: Scope Creep in an Agile World Some issues/hills are important and worth going all in – but most probably aren’t. Project managers must choose their battles wisely and develop scope discipline.
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If Things Aren’t Going Well, When Do You Want to Know? Ask people to describe the number one job of a project manager and few will get it right. Payson Hall discusses the most important part of project manager's role.
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Your Project Might Be in Trouble If... As I start my fifth decade working on projects, primarily in the IT and software development space, I wanted to share some patterns I have observed that suggest a project is in trouble, Jeff Foxworthy style. |
