Know what you are doing: Make sure there is a project plan.
Know why you are doing it: Make sure the objective is clearly defined.
Be prudent, honest, and prepared: Few organizations have limitless budgets, prudence, honesty and common sense are critical.
Plan to your strenghts: Make sure you have the right team for the project.
Know how to navigate: [...]
Here are my top ten sites for project management articles in March 2010.
PM Hut
Herding Cats
[tie] AtTask
[tie] LearningTree Project Management
[tie] Brighthub: Project Management
ProjectTimes
The Art of Project Management
[tie] PMO Expert
[tie] [...]
When you separate the “doing” from the measurement of the doing, you start to establish credibility for the work.
From: Herding Cats: The Role of Program Planning and Controls [...]
Baskerville – cultured, dignified and just and admirable
Bodoni – elegant, subjective, both classic and modern
Caslon – dignified, formal, vigorous but graceful
Franklin Gothic – classic sans serif
Frutiger – strong, readable, simple, smooth
Futura – elgante sans serif
Garamond – classically elegant, adult
Gill Sans – sans serif font with a strong, warm and friendly [...]
Here are my top ten sites for project management articles in February 2010.
PM Hut
Brighthub: Project Management
HarvardBusiness.org
[tie] Herding Cats[tie] AtTask
N2Growth
[tie] The Art of Project Management[tie] Rogue Project Leader[tie] [...]
Remember, there are two kinds of people – Project Managers, and everyone else who wish they were Project Managers.
From The [...]
Project management is not a popularity contest.
From The Disfavor of [...]
The usefulness of the dashboard system is not in the display of colored lights, but in the precipitation of action to correct the deficiencies indicated by yellow and red [...]
People, Processes, and Technology
Want to find the way to increase the probability of a project’s success? It’s not the tools – it’s the people.
I am currently working on a proposal response for a DoD agency RFP. I have been staring at this quote written on my whiteboard for almost two months. I believe it zeros right [...]
Some things need to be done right, others just need to [...]
If you don’t know what success looks like for a particular project, you are too unclear to [...]
Schedule and budget are not determined by management, they are approved by management. The project schedule and budget are determined by the [...]