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Directing The Project With A Project Board
As a Project Manager, I feel it is important to have someone or some group you can turn to when you need help to get something done either in the client’s, the user’s or the developer’s organisation.
🇺🇸 A Killer Idea For Delivering Successful Information Technology Projects
Why do IT Teams start building before they have it locked down as to what it is they must build? Let’s take a look at a number of reasons why I think they do.
🇺🇸 Stop Conducting Project Progress Meetings
When I'm running a Project, I want people to continually remember that we are on this project to achieve.
🇺🇸 Identify And Track Unknowns
"Knowing what we don't know and tracking it is the only way to ensure that eventually we know what we don't know. Understand?"
🇺🇸 Use Workshops To Save Time And Energy On Your Project
What is the one thing that most Projects lack? An abundance of time. Most Projects have a very tight schedule and anything that can be done to save time should be done, as long as it doesn't compromise on quality. One thing that can be done is to use the workshop approach when similar information is required from a number of people.
🇺🇸 Co-Locate The Project Team To Help Ensure Success
"I believe that managing a project without the team co-located , especially if part of the team is working at home, is about as difficult as herding cats."
🇺🇸 Celebrate, Celebrate, Celebrate
One thing that I truly believe in is celebrating success on my projects. I know, a lot of projects have parties at the end of the project but I don't think that is enough.
🇺🇸 "Minister Of Fun" On Your Next Project
"Life is too short not to be having fun."
🇺🇸 Independent Test Or Validation On It Projects
I believe that a Project Manager should establish an Independent Test Team or an individual on your Project Team with the responsibility of ensuring, through the testing process, that what you are delivering meets the requirements of the client.
🇺🇸 The Eight Habits Of Very Successful Project Managers
Success in PM is more about how you tell em' than what you tell em'.
🇺🇸 The Ideal Project Manager Specification
The Project Manager must be able to have the helicopter view and understand the big picture and how his/her project fits into the overall scheme of things.
🇺🇸 Project Agility And Responsiveness - Maintaining The Informal Dimension
Traditional, rigorous project management methods are getting more and more insufficient. Business structures have become more ambiguous and fluid as technology has connected people globally. Critical knowledge is often fragmented and mostly available in its tacit form. Social Network Analysis (SNA) is one of the most accurate, systematic means yet seen to identify agile key value creators and informal knowledge structures.
🇩🇪 Project Success And Failure
What is success, what is failure, and how can you improve your odds for success?
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