Category: Miscellaneous

It’s Not My Problem By Meade Rubenstein One of the major challenges of a project manager, or any manager, is determining who owns the problem. By default, the problem is owned by the person...

15 Causes of Project Failure By Michelle Symonds Many complex, long-term projects fail to live up to their promises and produce disappointing outcomes on completion. Some of these are well-known for exceeding their budgets...

Use Metrics to Diagnose Your Project’s Ills By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation Nobody likes dealing with a sick project, but we have all been there and done that. Some projects start out sick...

Seven Deadly Project Manager Sins By Kiron D. Bondale In spite of an increased focus on competency in PM conferences, journals and online knowledge sources, organizations continue to experience project failures at the hands...

Project Management Metrics in Healthcare By Rodger Oren Our organization is placed within the healthcare market, which has recently been experiencing considerable change as cost pressures, mergers and acquisitions, and regulations have increased the...

Project Management for the Small Business By Gary Hamilton, Gareth Byatt, and Jeff Hodgkinson If you walk into the offices of many small businesses, you are likely to see notes sticking either on or...

The Product Champion, the Chief Engineer, and the Project Manager By Olve Maudal Successful product development projects are often characterized by having an enthusiastic product champion with solid domain knowledge, a visible and proud...

3 Ways to Deliver Bad News About Your Project By Jennifer Whitt We know the expression “Don’t Kill the Messenger” indicates that the person delivering the bad news is not the same person responsible...

Four Questions to Ask Before Starting a Project By Ty Kiisel Establishing a process that requires every potential project to demonstrate its value based upon pre-determined criteria gives executives confidence that they are making...

What Is Project Success? By Barney Austen Project management success can mean different things for different people depending on their participation in the project. For a software developer it could be: The on-time delivery...