Tag: Management
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Governance Change (A Fable)
nce upon a time, there was a kingdom of people who were busy managing projects named Pee-Em-Eye Ess-Eff-BeeA Sea. They were busy doing this work, and they found themselves wondering if there was a better way than just telling people what to do, and then scurrying off to the next project. A small group of…
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Project Vision
One of the key success factors for any project is the “vision statement“, which is the Executive Sponsor‘s opportunity to excite the team, stakeholders, and customers with their vision of where we are going and how the product of the project will improve things. When well done, the charter can be condensed into an elevator…
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Project Managing my Career
I was talking to my friend George Ross the other day about the job search that we both unexpectedly find ourselves in, and it occurred to me that I haven’t been approaching my career management with the same level of commitment to planning that I have when managing projects and programs. A while ago, I…
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Consulting Can’t Scale
I was talking to some friends last night about how we have a nice team of consultants that could do some really interesting projects, when I was reminded of some lessons I learned working for a small consulting firm. During the dot-Com explosion, a small consulting firm couldn’t hire people fast enough, and it was…
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Negotiations over (or are they?) …
I recently had an experience that reminded me that you truly can negotiate anything. I got a call from a buddy telling me that he his manager was looking for a contractor to replace somebody who wasn’t performing to the level they needed in a business analyst type of position. The person they were replacing…