Team Storms Are Necessary And Normal
A project team moves through several stages of growth and each stage has issues that the project manager may have to manage.
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Lessons Learned From Little Caesars – Small Changes Make A Difference
OMG, that's boring. Wouldn’t we rather be in a group and just argue over what would be the better way to improve?
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Are You Really Sure You Need More?
The problem was that organizations seemed to assume that the default solution was always to try to create new full-time positions to solve problems.
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ALWAYS Is Probably Not The Word We Want To Use
"I’ve ALWAYS found that the face-to-face relationship is far superior." Always?
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One Way Not To Undervalue Yourself
Getting free rein over our work schedules helps improve our productivity. Just don't give that improvement away for free.
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How To Stay A Step Ahead By Not Trying Real Hard
If we believe really hard, we certainly should be able to reduce our time by 33%! Maybe, but not by going for it all at once. Here is how we did it.
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Don’t Wait Forever To Hire The Perfect Expert
We may be missing opportunities by attempting to hire the perfect person.
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How To Know When To Make Things Tougher Or Easier
Discipline while developing new technology might be different than optimizing current production.
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Why We Should Focus On The Not So Obvious
It is often too easy to focus on the obvious stuff and not on what it is we really need to be doing.
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Why Project Managers Should Not Set Up Metrics To Measure Improvement Efforts
Establish up front how we are going to know if the agile adoption was successful? If we have to do that, we may have other problems to deal with first.
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Project Managers Get The Vision Right!
There is no one who knows what all needs to happen. Is the solution to let the decisions be made where they’re executed, and maybe communicated upwards?
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Project Managers Get The Motivation Right!
“I’ve seen your numbers Bruce. But if we don’t ship by next month, we’ll be out of business.” Good motivation, yes? No! Here is instead what worked for us.
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Project Management Tools And Why Being Highly Customizable Can Be A Bad Thing
If a tool’s power is touted as its customizability then we might want to look closely at the total cost of deploying such a project management tool.
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Successful Project Management Is As Easy As Safely Flying A Plane
It’s been a decade since passengers have died in the crash of an airliner carrying more than 100 people. Its a dramatic turnaround. How did they do it?
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Finding A Noble Purpose For That Project Motivates Success
The commercial world is all about making money. Yet successful companies often have a noble mission beyond just making money that helps drive their success.
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