New Rules for Troubled Projects
New Rules for Troubled Projects By Barry Otterholt To recover a troubled project you must have experience to “see it how it is” and the courage to “call it like you see it”. If...
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The Benefit Of Frameworks
The Benefit Of Frameworks By Barry Otterholt The hardest part of a problem is understanding it. Once you understand it, you are much more apt to solve it. But many problems are unfamiliar; you’ve...
Why Projects Are Late
Why Projects Are Late By Barry Otterholt There are as many reasons for projects being late as there are dimensions to the human personality, since the reasons ultimately stem from human perception and the...
The Most Important Lesson
The Most Important Lesson By Barry Otterholt “Expect of people only what they will give”. To expect more is foolish. They will not give it. And you put the project at risk trying to...
Do You Speak “Project”?
Do You Speak “Project”? (#1 in the series A Cynical Perspective on Project Management) By Barry Otterholt Project management is a specialty, and it has its own language. Resistance is futile. Scope – It’s...
Why Good Managers Fail
Why Good Managers Fail By Barry Otterholt Organizations often lose their best managers because they are given a project to manage. Once I was brought in to a project that was chewing up the...
I’m a Sponsor. Now What?
I’m a Sponsor. Now What? By Barry Otterholt Project sponsors don’t manage projects. They just want things done. And they don’t like details. They just want things done. And they don’t really like bad...
Preventing Scope Inflation
Preventing Scope Inflation By Barry Otterholt Scope inflation is what happens when work grows beyond the minimum required to get the job done. It results in cost and schedule overruns, quality compromises, and disengaged...
Simplify the Job
Simplify the Job By Barry Otterholt The Project Manager’s job is far more complicated than it needs to be. There are far fewer skilled project managers in the workplace than complex projects that require...
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