Yearly Archives: 2016

As strategists and project leaders we tend to focus on the current initiatives and take a “heads down” approach to accomplishing our tasks. This can go on for months until we finally surface, and discover that things have changed around us and others have been focusing on a wide range of priorities. How do you…

When deciding whether or not to attend an industry conference or event do you find yourself wondering if it’s worth the expense? How do you justify the cost of flight, accommodation, time away from work, and the conference itself? Can it be measured in increased productivity from training? New business contacts? Our experience shows there…

Gantt charts, spreadsheets, organization charts, and scorecards are all very important tactical tools that a good project manager needs in order to be successful. Developing strong people skills is just as important if not more so. Consider a status meeting where a key resource on your project enters the meeting late and advises the entire…

Since the 1950’s when project management came to the attention of business systems, the methodology of delivering projects has undergone extreme change. No longer is merely keeping track of project tasks enough to deliver a quality project. Construction adopted project management as a skill early and as a result of the building process the best…