What approach should you use to manage your project? To answer this question most of us will go right to the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)®. But the PMBOK® is now a guide to delivering value and much less of process guide/framework....
A recent study by MIT showed that team members perform best when they can obtain: Autonomy: the opportunity to self-direct their work. Mastery: the opportunity to get better and become subject matter experts in a chosen area of expertise. Purpose: the opportunity to...
I’m often asked which project management approach is best agile or predictive? My standard answer is: “you’re asking the wrong question.” The correct question is “which project management approach should I use for my project, agile or predictive. Both approaches have...
Have you ever sat in a meeting where the executive or senior member just loses their s___t because they don’t like what their hearing? Witnessing this as a young project manager, I would think, who am I to argue with the Vince Lombardi leadership style. Emotional...
Planning boards visually depicts the organization’s future activities or work. It is a flexible tool that can be adapted to multiple needs: > Describing the strategic roadmap for the next several years by showing major milestones, key events, and how teams and...
In my previous article I described that in early 2019, the Trump administration should have initiated multiple projects to address an pandemic. For example, a project charter to “Recommend Future Stockpiles of Personal Protective Equipment, Ventilators and Hospital...
