Complexity Theatre: Why We Over-Complicate Projects (and How to Stop)
Project management has a problem. Somewhere along the way, we started confusing looking professional with being effective. We’ve built elaborate […]
What about the sponsors?!
Project sponsors are vital to the successful delivery of projects, but they are often overlooked when it comes to support. How can we prepare sponsors better for their roles, and whose job is it to make sure that they understand what their role is?
Top Tip #4 – One to ones
Your project meetings are great for seeing how the team as a whole are doing, but make sure you make time to have individual catch-ups with each member of your project team.
Top Tip #3 – Is everyone clear what they’re up to?
It is often easy to assume that everyone knows what they are doing, but it’s not always the case. And it’s almost always true that people are making assumptions about the role others are performing
Top Tip #2 – Have you tried… Checking in on your project objectives?
It’s worthwhile re-visiting the project objectives regularly, but if you haven’t done so in a while, it will be especially valuable.
Project Management Bingo!
Like any profession, Project Management can often create its own language and idioms that result from the work that we […]
My 10 top tips for celebrating project successes
One of the best things about delivering projects well is the fact that you get regular opportunities to celebrate the […]
Anatomy of a Project Manager (Part 2)
What are the characteristics that make a good project manager? Part two of, probably, many.
Staying in lane
Have you ever been in the situation where you were working in a team, but seemed to be shouldering a […]
The Visionator
I have a (some would say*) slightly irritating habit of banging on about the vision, benefits and objectives of a […]