Life is busy and for many of us that’s particularly true at work. I can’t think of a client I’ve worked with in the last 10 years where the employees didn’t feel at least a little over worked. A little bit of ...
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At the start of a new year lots of us take time to sketch out our goals for the coming year. It just seems like the right time to reflect and plan. While it is inspiring and invigorating to develop our list ...
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The acronym PMO frequently gets used without being defined. In fact PMO has three widely used meanings: Project Management Office, Program Management Office and Portfolio Management Office. When discussions of PMOs come up in organizations not many people stop to ask which ...
read moreThere are many ways for organizations and individuals to innovate and find new, creative means of improving productivity, increasing effectiveness or building better products. Ironically one of the most overlooked methods of innovation is exploiting unexpected success. That is, paying attention to ...
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A co-worker once told me you know an agile project is done when you run out of money. Unfortunately this joke points to the belief that agile projects are completely chaotic and unmanaged. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development reads as follows:
We ...
Sometimes availability is the only criterion used to determine who will be part of a project team. If Chris and Sue and John are all available and your project needs three more people, guess who the likely candidates are? The truth is ...
read moreHumans are inherently visual creatures. It cannot be denied that seeing something helps many of us better understand it. While simple, this idea should not be underestimated. When Henry Ford wanted to inspire higher productivity in his day shift he painted a ...
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No matter what your job is, the odds are pretty good you work for somebody. Whether you call them your manager, boss, or supervisor there are actions you can take to maximize your working relationship, or manage up. While some people think ...
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Managing knowledge workers is an endlessly fascinating challenge. How do you know when a knowledge worker is actually working? How do you know if they are working at, or near, capacity? When I was a software developer a coworker used to joke ...
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A project kickoff meeting is your first opportunity to set the tone for a newly initiated project. That’s an opportunity that shouldn’t be taken lightly. After all it will be hard to change the impression the kickoff leaves on its participants. To ...
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