Archive for Project Management
Management and Leadership – Managing Your Virtual Team
People used to think that “working from home” was code for “getting paid to eat Oreos in pajamas”, but with the recent recession, getting paid at all isn’t anything to take chances with. If you’re engaged in virtual project management you can’t physically just drop in to check on your workers – at least, not [...]
Read moreProject Management Best Practice 3 – Line Management Project Ownership
Whether creating a new product or service or upgrading an internal process or software application, all projects fundamentally represent a change to the way an organization does business. This change is represented by two components, the technical object being added or altered and the emotional acceptance and implementation of the new technical object by the [...]
Read moreProject Management Best Practice 2 – Define What is Not In Scope
All project managers know one of the greatest risks to the on-time, on-budget completion of their project is scope creep; the gradual expansion of functionality, broadening in organizational application, and/or increase in quality requirements often without a commensurate increase in project resources or duration. Subsequently, project managers strive to clearly define their project’s scope in [...]
Read moreProject Management Best Practice 1 – The Project Management Intensity Continuum
Any amount of management represents an overhead expense to the endeavor to which the oversight is applied. Therefore, it is critically important the amount of management applied is limited to that which yields an increased overall product value and not so much that overall value is diminished. This balance between applied management intensity and overall [...]
Read moreProject Management – Introduction
“A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.” Project Management Body of Knowledge Third Edition Project Management Institute To many, project management represents their worst nightmare. The mere mention of the term conjures images of bloated bureaucracies, large consultant-laden teams, and endless meetings where decisions are seldom made [...]
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