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Planning the project – how much is enough? Part 2
So you have your WBS in place and you see it’s touching on every aspect of the project and you’ve talked it through with the stakeholders and sponsor. Great work! You may have also faced the question about how detailed it needs to be. Some people want everything on the task list and some don’t. But you need to be able to manage the project so you need to find a balance. That’s a topic for a later post. Continue reading
Status reports – useful or not?
I’ve been reading a number of posts on LinkedIn and other blogs about status reports and why they don’t work. Most of theses are promoting a different model for status reporting. The problem is not with a format of reporting, but with the process of reporting. Continue reading
Posted in communication, organizational savvy, Team management, Tools
Tagged communication, solutions, tips
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Making decisions, the project manager’s challenge
Often the project manager is in the middle of a push and pull about decisions. Everyone wants to get started, but key decisions aren’t made. How do you keep everyone engaged when this is happening?
I find this one to be the most interesting challenge, and the one linked tightly to corporate culture. Continue reading
Posted in execution, organizational savvy
Tagged consulting, initiation, project challenges, solutions, tips
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Asking the right questions
I have been looking on LinkedIn a lot lately and trying to answer some of the questions raised in discussions. I found it hard to give a useful suggestion most of the time because the question was not asked with enough context.
Asking questions is a skill. For a consultant, PM or a business analyst, it’s a critical skill. Continue reading
Posted in communication, Professionalism, self employment
Tagged communication, consulting, Information, requirements, solutions, tips
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Informal Communication, the one key project tool
The value of communication for the project manager goes beyond the communication plan. It is the one key success tool for any PM. Continue reading
Project Management Tools
Are you looking for a tool that can express your project schedule in a way that you can understand and manage, or do you need to communicate the critical path to people who aren’t trained to read a Gantt chart? Continue reading
Project data base for questions and answers
I received an email tell me to check out askaboutprojects. I’m naturally suspicious of unsolicited emails but then I looked closer, the email had come in response to my latest blog post – yay, someone is reading my posts. Continue reading
Posted in communication, Innovation, Tools
Tagged ideas, project challenges, solutions, tips
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Dirty little project management secret
Project Managers sometime fly by the seat of their pants. Okay, now it’s out in the open. Some PMs do this all the time. They like the rollercoaster ride, they love the heroics and they see creativity in the pressures … Continue reading
Posted in organizational savvy, Planning, Professionalism
Tagged communication, leadership, management, project challenges, solutions
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Communication – why is it so hard?
I’ve been looking around at blogs for inspiration for today’s post. It seems like communication is the topic of choice for bloggers. It is complex, even though it sounds simple. How hard is it to be clear, paraphrase for clarity, follow up, listen… and all the other tips people have out there. Continue reading
Are you sure you trust the effort estimation?
To be honest, I often found myself questioning the reality of the estimates when I started my career in project management. The process wasn’t well managed – there was no consistent process to manage. Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Team management
Tagged estimating, Planning, project challenges, solutions, tips
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