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...

Leadership Expectations of the Project Leader

A Project Leader is the CEO of the project. An experienced Project Leader should have an in-depth understanding of financial management, quality programs and scheduling. They should also have the requisite leadership skill sets to recruit, hire, train, resource,...

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.

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:...

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...