Project Management Archive

  • Getting Out to See a Better View In

    Getting Out to See a Better View In

    Managing a group of people well has, in my book, always meant getting them moving in the right direction, getting out of their way, and addressing course changes and escalations as needed.  This approach is a very tried-and-true method and very popular.  As times get...

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  • Assumptions

    Assumptions: The (Project) Killer App

    Every real project manager knows that the foundation of project management is communication.  You can abandon work breakdown schedules, budgets, gantt charts, the whole nine yards of project management structure, and the project will still have a chance to succeed.  If you abandon communication, you’re...

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  • A Way to Better Meetings, Projects and Communication

    A Way to Better Meetings, Projects and Communication

    Scott Berkun wrote an excellent post a while back over at his blog about stopping over-communication.  He makes some great points on why over-communication happens and how to fix it.  I agree with his main points, and I think they particularly apply to meetings.  As...

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