Bad Sponsor
I would personally add to the list a Project Sponsor that does not understand modern efficient tools and approaches to manage project, and keep asking you to produce what he successfully used in the 90s. I would also say that a Sponsor should from time to time...
Project Management Visibility
It is very important to be able to manage your project with maximum efficiency. What is maximum efficiency? Well, you should use the best tool to attain the objectives with the highest quality and the lower cost. And with technological changes, what was good 10...
Use the right software to manage projects!
Yes, indeed, please use the right software to manage project. And please use an application that also supports efficiently team collaboration.
Directly Responsible Individual and the Power of Cloud Apps
I am a true believer in the efficiency of project management and team collaboration web apps. I often say that the efficient gain is not incremental but transformational. Clarizen is one of those. Some key elements of the article below: In the business...
Success of optimistic team
I fully agree. An optimistic team is better, and even more important an optimistic leader is to achieve excellence! The Optimistic Team for Project Management Success By Jorge Valdés Garciatorres, PMP on March 12, 2012 11:34 AM...
Nice video on Workfront
For efficiency, I think it is always important to use the best tools possible to manage a project. In my mind, using a project management web app is a must. The benefits are so great that the improvements are not arithmetic, not geometric, but transformational....
VersionOne – Agile Made Easier
Many of the project management application are based on either a waterfall approach to planning or on an extended form of To DO list. Here is an interesting web application that I will try: VersionOne. Here is a product overview from their website. Product Overview...
Dashboard
Dashboard is a popular topic, a popular quest. It is a concept everybody is trying to realize, yet it seems difficult to achieve. What should be on a dashboard? Should it be status updates? Should it be the strategic view? I am one that think web project management...
Project management and strategic plan
I often find that we talk too much about strategy. Yes you read that correctly. It probably sounds surprising. Why do I say that? Yes, it is important to have a strategy. I am a chess player and in chess you must have a strategy to play a good...
An Example of Project Management Gone Bad
I think it is very important to have social discussion with your team, and be connected. This is the same thing that I commented in the article on managing by walking around. Unfortunately, too many times, we describe successful project management as processes,...
The Bell Rock Lighthouse
Looking at the past, we can often find project that are very impressive, and I am not even sure anyone would try to accomplish some of these projects. Here’s one. The Bell Rock Lighthouse, built in 1807 by Robert Stevenson. Bell Rock was the scene of many...
Four Lessons the Mars Rover Can Teach Us About Project Management Teams
One thing that is always important, is to have a clear vision of what would be a success. This always helps navigate through obstacles, challenges, delays, etc. Otherwise, it is very easy in long and complex project to be thrown off track. Four Lessons the Mars...
ESI International – Project Management and IT Project Management Learning
Here is an interesting learning program on project management. It is linked to the George Washington University and the PMI certification. I have done 2 of their course and find them good. They also have a format/schedule that makes it easy to arrange it around a...
RMC Project Management
Here is an interesting training source on project management. I will need to explore it a bit more, but I am passing the information. RMC Project Management Founded in 1991 by Rita Mulcahy, RMC Project Management is the innovator in project management training and...
Program Management
I think it is always very important to be able to understand subjects from various levels and different dimensions. The macro and the micro. the long-term and the short-term, ouput and outcome, etc. In my experience, very few can be effective program manager. And...GetResponse
