I’ve consulted with more than 500 companies and organizations since I started my company, ETP (www.etpint.com) in 1992. I can’t think of one of them that doesn’t engage in multitasking i.e. where a pool of people is spread across and works on a series of projects...
In order to be effective in their roles, project managers must wear many hats and perform many different tasks as they guide a project toward its completion. Between ongoing communication with team members and key stakeholders, issue identification and resolution, budgeting, task management, team-building, and ensuring that projects...
Is Co-location still a Viable Tool in the Age of Virtual Teams? I remember, as if it was yesterday, my first large collocated project. The whole team felt like it was Christmas morning and that we had been handed some precious project. How else would you...
Richard Branson 6 Ways to Run Your Project There are 6 ways you can take the Richard Branson approach to increase your delivery of successful projects. 1.The Art of letting Go Richard Branson is a firm believer in the art of delegation. His approach is delegate some of...
Keeping Agile in Check I was struck with the comparison between traditional project management and the new world of Agile. As a veteran of project management (one of the intro words they use to wheel me out nowadays), the benefits of taking a project management approach always...
OVERCOMING COBB’S PARADOX – A WORLD IN WHICH ALL PROJECTS SUCCEED In 1995, Martin Cobb, then CIO for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, asked a question which has since become known as Cobb’s Paradox. He said: ‘We know why projects fail; we know how to...
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has recently celebrated 50 years of providing the world with project management competencies. In the early years, a large portion of the competencies were established to support the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) requirements placed upon their contractors. Most of these...
The Telescope vs the Microscope It’s critical to understand how Portfolios, Programmes, Projects and Products — the 4Ps — fit together and how to navigate them in your career. Start here. I’ve been around the product game for quite some time. I’ve also been a product owner,...
Agile Customer Projects? There is a strange observation when one wants to apply agile methods in projects for paying customers as profit centers: There is no agile method describing how to do a customer(-facing) project. OK - some may immediately object here: "Agile is not a method...
Turn your organisations project management capabilities into a competitive advantage. Whether you are in charge of a team, a department or at enterprise, leadership level, leadership skills are absolutely essential. to sustaining profitable business change. Project leadership calls for clear communication about goals, responsibility, performance, change...