Tag Archives: execution

5 reasons for business people to attend project managment training

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

Let’s be clear, I’m not asking business people to prepare for PMP or Prince2 or any other certification. I mean training on the basic skills, techniques and processes of project management. Continue reading →

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The Art of Project Management

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

Have you ever watched a PM be successful without an apparent methodology? Is this an example of good project management or lucky project management? Continue reading →

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How Project Management Can Help You With Any Business

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

No matter what business you are in, you have goals and intentions. From the largest corporation to the smallest home-based business, projects are being started every day. Without proper management of these projects, all the effort, time, and money are wasted. Continue reading →

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Gathering requirements is it ever complete?

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

The dream of gathering absolutely complete requirements is just that, a dream.You will find no matter how detailed or complete, or ‘approved as final’ your rquirements are, things will change. That isn’t a failure of the requirements, it’s a fact of project mangagement. If you try to perfect the beginning, you’ll never start your developement or build phase. Continue reading →

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Issue management or Firefighting

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

The challenge for Project Managers is to keep the project moving through challenges – or identify when the project shouldn’t keep moving forward. If the PM is skilled in issue management they can navigate the daily issues (or hourly issues) on any project. If they aren’t as skilled, the project goes into firefighting mode. Continue reading →

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PM as e-publisher

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Perry A. Wilson

So, now I’m on the other side of the table from my comfort zone. As the business owner and partner I have to think about much more than just how to deliver. It’s what to deliver as well. Continue reading →

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Project Management in action

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Perry A. Wilson

I’ve spent the last three days at a conference that was well planned and perfectly executed. I want to give a big shout out to the organizers of the Surrey International Writer’s Conference 2009. Continue reading →

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