Increasing Project Knowledge Retention and Transfer of Best Practices By Michael Stanleigh Individuals within an organization move from one project to another, repeating the same mistakes, managing through similar crises, despairing over under-performing team...
Leading Indicators in Project Management By Randy Wills and Kerry Wills There are two areas where diligence is important on Projects – (1) Planning and (2) Execution. Let’s assume that planning is done as...
Four Keys to Effective Project Communication By Ty Kiisel I didn’t go into work yesterday. I had a number of personal errands to do that couldn’t be done on the weekend. For example, it...
How to Run a Project Performance Review By Jennifer Whitt Many project managers dread giving performance reviews as much as they dread giving presentations. Why is that? Well, much of our time in project...
On Communication, Dentists, and Project Management By Maria Dlugosch A couple of weeks ago I found myself in a situation that we all fear and try to avoid as much as possible: I was...
Who’s The Best Person To Do An Assessment? By Michael Pruitt When watching Good Will Hunting, I couldn’t help but relate when Matt Damon’s character, Will, picked up a piece of chalk and solved...
It’s Not All About The Ivory Tower By Lonnie Pacelli One of my jobs at Microsoft was running Microsoft’s Corporate Procurement Group. This group was responsible for managing and influencing several billion dollars in...
Earned Value Management Versus Traditional Management By Atul Gaur Earned Value Management (EVM): is a technique used to track the progress and status of a project and to forecast its future performance. EVM systematically...
Optimal Decision-Making: Effectively Communicating Information By Claire Schwartz In the last couple of posts, we’ve written about the challenges of providing information for decision-making. From collecting data to converting the data to information that...
Managing a Real Review Process By Carl M. Manello “Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.” –John Steinbeck I have seen the program review process...
