We’ve all seen idyllic 8mm home movies from summer vacations of bygone eras. A swim-capped child waves at the camera before cannonballing into a lake. An apron-wearing dad sips a beer and flips burgers. A mom in horn-rimmed glasses waves sparklers in the air as the evening sky turns pink over the ocean. These were the vacations we thought we’d […]
Ah, the dreaded spreadsheet. A juggernaut of grids that contains everything and anything about your projects. You’re reliant on it as the primary source for all updates, check-ins, and approvals. As you depend on the spreadsheet more, you end up spending more time maintaining it than actually using it. You’ve been swallowed into the “spreadsheet hole of despair.” You might […]
Hello Everyone, I hope all you projects are going well. Remember to email me if I can assist you in any way. You also have my mobile number which you can use as well. In my very first blog I told you that I would focus on enterprise-wide organizational improvement. So, this week in that regard, I thought I would […]
Years ago, I begrudgingly took my project management certification (PMP®) exam. I passed. Almost a decade later, I now teach PMP® preparation classes and see the value of the Project Management Book of Knowledge® Guide (PMBOK®) and the rigors of the PMP® certification. When I started managing projects, in the late 1980s, the profession was in its infancy. Even though […]
One of the most common questions we get is “What kind of document is best for this project?” As with so many things, it depends; but we know that’s not a very satisfying answer. So here’s a quick primer on the Project Connections approach to this question. This isn’t the only way to think about it, but it has worked […]
Tight deadlines. Ad hoc requests. Never-ending feedback loops. In any given day, creatives clear many hurdles. But lack of information is the biggest obstacle of them all. No one feels the heat more than creative teams at growing companies. The more requests you field, the harder it is to chase down these missing pieces. Our creative forefathers solved this dilemma […]