Last post was about being able to answer the question “who are you?” This foundation is necessary before taking steps to be more effective with people. Otherwise, your interactions can become a messy mix of confusing messages that you will have to clean up- which takes a lot of time. You may get things done but […]
First step- know yourself. One of the best interview questions I’ve ever heard is “who are you?”. We should be able to answer this question quickly and effectively. I’ve known this intuitively but it really hit home at a leadership presentation I did with an organizational consultant in September. You can do this by taking […]
Defining and selling consulting projects while operating in a consulting firm environment can be tough for PMs. Pulled apart by the client on one side and the sales person on the other, a consultant can feel like his project scope development is completely out of control. Having been a consulting project manager, and now a seller of project management […]
This one is a “Hmmmm” at first glance but when I started thinking about it made more sense. I noticed a post that talks about using blogs to actually manage projects. When you think of all the ways to communicate project purpose, intent, status, effect on people, approaches, and ways of operating, and then combine this with the […]
An excellent book reveals that the answer is a resounding “YES!” My background in lean manufacturing, which is closely aligned with Theory of Constraints (TOC) principles, was in applying these approaches to the manufacturing of hard products. Lean and TOC have since been applied in traditional office environments and in the health care industry. The […]
An interesting conversation with a consultant to a government agency involved in construction projects revealed that “old school” project management approaches are giving way to recent winning ways especially in terms of PMO set up and influence. A lot of this change is simply due to retirements and overcoming what some call “the oral tradition […]
Well, this is the first post of my new blog on project management. Seemingly a boring topic, recent years have seen a tremendous change in emphasis, organizational structure and success. Proven methods and approaches from other disciplines like Lean and Theory of Constraints have demonstrated the power that project management can have in helping companies […]
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