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Rules of Project Management

Rules of Project Management

It takes one woman nine months to have a baby. It cannot be done in one month by nine women. Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn’t have to do it. You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline, but you cannot con him into meeting it....
7 Habits of Highly Funny Project Managers

7 Habits of Highly Funny Project Managers

Why are there people who are funnier than the rest of us? What makes them different? Oh sure, some people are just born funny. Some just have a natural way of saying things that’s funny. Some may look funny while others talk funny. After twenty plus years of teaching...
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

THE LIGHTER SIDE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Top 10 Signs You’re a Project Manager 10. Becoming tired of having a social life beyond work. 9.   Spending hours planning and re-planning a Friday night out. 8.   Thinking Rommel would have been more effective if he’d used a Gantt chart. 7.   Using so...
The Best 6 Project Management Secrets You Need to Know

The Best 6 Project Management Secrets You Need to Know

While there have been many and many books written on the subject of project management, there is no sure-fire procedure or equation to get it right. Of course, that also explains why there are so many books on it. Well, we’ll cut to the chase and lay out six project...
70% of Executives not engaged; a PMO wake-up call

70% of Executives not engaged; a PMO wake-up call

My brain just melted. Or exploded. Or both. According to recent PMI research, 70% of the time, senior executives are not engaged in the project prioritization process. Now this just blows my little brain to pieces and here’s why. Why this statistic blows my mind...
3 Reasons to Invest in Project Prioritization

3 Reasons to Invest in Project Prioritization

Organizations that invest in strategic prioritization deliver 40% more value. This seems like reason enough to invest in improving the project prioritization process, yet many organizations don’t realize that their current process is broken; it’s evolved...