Make or Buy: The Blacksmith and the Toothpick By Dave Gordon Under a spreading chestnut tree, the village blacksmith and I stand talking after lunch. “Man, that was great! I’ve never had forge-roasted corn...
What If You Are Your Project’s Biggest Risk? By Jason H. Zalmanowitz “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing” – Alexander Pope While I was studying to become a project manager, I believed what...
Measuring Project Success By Dave Gordon I recently saw a question on Reddit, asking for insights on how organizations measured project success. I work for a large company who has it’s own internal PM...
Eleven Project Managers You Do Not Want on Your Project By Ammar W. Mango A good Project Manager is key to project success. We all know of stories of good project managers who were...
Top 5 Project Management Trends for 2014 By Nikhil Daddikar Rise in distributed teams Why: As companies scale up globally, projects will need to be executed by skilled resources that are based across locations...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Project Management By Michelle Symonds Forget pride and gluttony, the seven deadly sins for project managers are the ones you should be keeping an eye out for if you...
Six Project Management Themes from 2013 By Russell Whitworth Over the last year I have worked with a variety of clients, each with unique challenges. There have also been some common themes. It is...
Construction vs Software Development By Jerry Keusch Having spent 30 years in construction, I thought I would dedicate my first post to a comparison of the software industry and the construction industry. I’ve listed...
The Quest for the Technical Project Manager By Ammar W. Mango It is becoming less common but it is still out there; the demand for the technical project manager. To deny the role would...
Project Management: Just Think of all the Money That We’ve Saved! By Susan Peterson Organizations continue to enforce relentless cost reduction efforts in the face of global competition. Given the emphasis on minimizing costs,...
