by jon | May 10, 2017 | Leadership, Thoughts
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:...
by jon | Mar 17, 2017 | Leadership, News
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...
by jon | Jan 26, 2017 | Leadership, Thoughts
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...
by jon | Jan 9, 2017 | Leadership, Thoughts
A few years ago, I inherited a project team that just was not performing very well. They barely made deadlines and their work while passable was certainly not inspiring. They were content with the status quo and the motivation to do better was just not there. After a...
by jon | Jan 6, 2017 | News, Thoughts
This is just a quick note to let you know President Barack Obama has signed into law S.1550, the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015 (PMIAA), which will enhance accountability and best practices in project and program management throughout...
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