Archive for the ‘Process Management’ Category

If You Manage By Metrics, What You Measure is All You Will Be Good At

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Metrics are an important aspect of management.  Number of software defects per cycle, measurement of budget and timeline efficiency... the list of useful things that you can measure to help you understand what needs your attention goes on and on.  Always remember, though, two things about measurements:  1) it is ...

Meeting Notes Matter

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Meeting notes are one of the great chores of Project Management and Corporate life in general.  No one wants to take them, few people bother to read them, and everyone wonders why people bother. The reason to bother is obvious:  to note things worth remembering.  Most projects span a considerable amount of ...

UF Postings Past: A Challenge to Managers

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Do you know what your people really do every day? I mean *really* do. Here is a challenge for you. Talk to each of your employees. Ask them to identify the three things they must do as part of their jobs that they hate or think is least useful. What ...

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