5 Tips on how to Prioritize Your Tasks the PM Way
If you are old enough to remember the 1992 elections, you most likely remember Ross Perot, the billionaire candidate for the independent party. One of
June 16, 2017
Tag: PM
Bare Knuckled Project Management
I recently had the opportunity to reread one of my all-time favorite books on Project Management, “Bare Knuckled Project Management, How to Succeed at Every
March 7, 2017
Five Things to Watch for in 2016 for Project Managers
1. Risk Management Will Become A Buzzword Of 2016
With the increase in globalization in the project management industry, we are seeing projects impacted by the likes of industrialization, weather, and even terrorism on our day-to-day lives. With the growth of Agile, project managers can begin to leverage risk analysis and become more proactive in their responses. There are many tools to choose from in the market place, but the skilled professional will constantly sharpen their skills in order to prevent or leverage risk.
January 25, 2016
The Importance of Requirements Gathering for Software Projects
Requirements are an essential part of any software project and the foundation on which all projects should be built. The gathering of and compiling of requirements for a software project is very much a partnership between the user of the software and the developer. Obviously the customer or software user needs to communicate to the developer what they need, but at the same time the developer needs to be able to anticipate needs and ask the right questions during the requirements gathering phase of a project.
October 14, 2015
Why Did We Miss Those Requirements?
How does your end-user derive true value from the product/service you provide? The end-user doesn’t care too much if the product/server was delivered within budget or on-time. They are most concerned and get the best benefit as long as their requirements have been met in its entirety.
October 9, 2015
Critical Path and Why is it Important?
In my formative years as a business analyst, I was once summoned by my project manager into the war room while working on an eCommerce project for one of my company’s high profile clients. We were about 2 months away the launch date and the PM asked us for the critical path. My first question (to myself) was, “what in the world is a critical path and why is the PM asking me this.”
Here is how I interpreted that question, “well.. the project is critical to my organization, it is critical to succeed, so everything on this project is the critical path”.
September 3, 2015
Pros and Cons of the different implementation strategies
The 3 main implementation strategies that I have used over the years have been:
- Parallel Run
- Big Bang
- Phased Approach
Proactively evaluating and selecting the appropriate ERP implementation strategy that fits your business and your individual risk tolerance is vitally important and is as much an early decision gate as it is to select the correct ERP solution for your business.
July 31, 2015
Responsibility vs. Blame
In the many organizations and projects I have been through, I always hear someone saying these words, “We must have more accountability around here.” But, in reality what they ‘really’ mean is, “I want to know whom to blame when something goes wrong”. We assume that by early identification of a scapegoat you have put the fear of blame in you or at least the fear of consequences related to that blame and further assume that fear is an effective motivator.
October 28, 2014
