Archive for December, 2008
Monday, December 15th, 2008
Johanna Rothman posted recently over on her blog about Results versus tasks which I highly recommend. I've writtten on this before myself here, here, and probably elsewhere, but Johanna offers a nice real-world example. As a PM, manager, or any other insane person, you cannot expect people to finish tasks ...
Posted in People Management, Process Management, Project Management | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 8th, 2008
How many times has this happened to you:
A key task in the critical path of your project is completely out of control. It's not getting done, what is done is all wrong, and everything is late. You go and talk to the person who is in charge of it, and ...
Posted in Communication, People Management, Project Management | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
The best project management organizations and companies out there understand that projects compete for resources, and they plan accordingly. They have governance bodies that weigh the importance of one project versus another, and they have an elaborate ranking system for establishing the priorities of projects so that everyone can see ...
Posted in Leadership, Operations Management, Product Management, Project Management, Resource Management | No Comments »
