Category: Project Management Musings

Project Management and the Alien Encounter By Peter Taylor I suspect that you will all know this story: Six blind men were asked to determine what an elephant looked like by feeling different parts...

What FIFA World Cup 2010 Teaches Us About Project Management? By Romin Irani The FIFA World Cup 2010 has garnered a significant mindshare in the recent weeks. It has thrown up an interesting set...

Project Manager Plus Some By Elrich Linde Times are changing fast and we have to make sure we keep up. With the backlash of economic crisis still lingering, I think many project managers find...

On Project Estimation With No Requirements By Robert McIlree I function as an EA and project manager, but not both roles at the same time because it’s way too insane to try to do...

How Lonely Is the Project Manager? By Vineet Guliani If the title reminds you of a melancholic song of the 60′s or The Lone Ranger movie of 30′s, this is something that project managers...

Who Owns the Project? By Mark L. Reed Wahoo! – You got the project! Congratulations are in order, but after the immediate euphoria, reality soon rears its sometimes ugly head: Time and cost of...

Will We Ever Learn from Project Failure? By John Lawlor Anyone involved in IT project management will probably have had the misfortune to have been involved in or to have known a project that...

What Is Real Commitment on a Project? By Richard Morreale We all know for projects to be successful the project stakeholders must be really committed to the success of the project. So what is...

Project Management as Sunscreen: How to Avoid Getting Burned By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, Founder, Cheetah Learning When the summer sun beats down, there’s always someone in the family who reminds you to put on...