Agile is all the rage, and for good reason. It’s effective, it works, and it works effectively. (Yes, agile methodology can bring such good results that we’ll repeat ourselves three times.) However, like any trend in the business world, there can often be adopters of a practice that do so in name only. This is […]
Creating realistic, effective project plans is the foundation for reaching successful delivery. If your plan isn’t attainable, the project will fail. If the plan has too many holes, the risk involved will sink the project before delivery. A building is only as strong as its foundation, and a project is only as strong as its […]
Critical chain is not dead, but after many years of it being the primary technique for analyzing schedules and prioritizing tasks, there’s a better alternative today. As many project managers increasingly abandoned the much-hated, cumbersome to maintain, too long, and unclear Gantt chart, they subsequently discontinued using critical chain. A typical Gantt chart could easily […]
The most dreaded question in project management is the simplest one. “So, how are we doing?” Sometimes it’s a stakeholder asking. Sometimes its management. Sometimes it’s you, the project manager, asking yourself. Answering “How are we doing?” is not a simple preposition. Most of the time, people go running for the data. We all know […]
Project management is a diverse and dynamic field, and project managers need a diverse set of skills and core competencies to be successful. We have covered a few core project management skills in the past, ranging from leadership to improvisation and everything in between. Sometimes, the simplest and most basic skills are the ones that […]