Manage Projects Effectively Podcast

Excerpt from the Skillbites Show…you can listen to the show at http://skillbites.net/authortraining62/ Without proper planning, projects tend to get delayed or incur cost overruns. What does proper planning consist of? In this month’s SkillBites Show, Jon...

Thoughts for the Transitioning War Fighter

One of my goals is to help service members successfully transition. Over the years, I have had a lot of conversations with our transitioning war fighters. Below you will find some of my thoughts on transitions based on these conversations. Please do recognize that...

Kick-Off Meetings

The purpose of the kick-off meeting is basically to gain alignment with your team on the vision of the project, who is involved and what the road-map is for how the project will be accomplished. Having a good project kick-off meeting satisfies the following needs:...

The Project Manager’s Quick Start Guide

You are smart and talented – attributes your boss notices when assigning you to lead the company’s next big project. It’s an exciting opportunity, but it also comes with high risk and visibility. You need to make sure everything goes well, but you don’t know where to...