At what point is a project most likely to experience a breakdown?

A question was asked, “At what point is a project most likely to experience a breakdown – and how do you as a project manager prevent that from happening?” It becomes quite clear that there is a problem when the customer refuses to pay at the end of...

The Small Business Owner and Project Management

For the small business owner, the reality is that most of our work today is project based. Our customers hire us based on immediate specific needs and, therefore, we hire based on specific contracts. In order to survive, we have to keep our overhead as low as...

Leadership and Environment: The Leader’s Role

Leaders are responsible for creating an environment where their employees can be successful. At a minimum, the environment has to provide clear expectations, ensure that the tools and resources are available and that the people see the results of their work.

Develop the habit of documenting “Lessons Learned”

Most of the Project Teams that I work with outside of the military agree that they should maintain a “lessons learned” database and use those “lessons learned” on future projects. Of course, when I ask if their organizations actually collect, maintain and disseminate...