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...

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...

Tips for Trouble Projects

What do you do when you have been given a project that is in trouble? Take the emotion out of play Recognize that people will be upset that the project is not done and that expectations are not being met. Also, realize that people do not want to lose their jobs....