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 […]
Top Tip #8 – Capture – and circulate – actions, not minutes
It is a very rare project indeed that requires a verbatim account of the meeting details.
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 #5 – Framing your risks
When you’re capturing risks, a useful model to use is “Because of X, there is a risk that Y.”
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
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 […]
Five ways that project management and great customer service should go hand-in-hand
Good project managers realise that the sponsor is their customer, and the best ones do the things that, elsewhere, would simply be described as providing excellent customer service.
Anatomy of a Project Manager (Part 2)
What are the characteristics that make a good project manager? Part two of, probably, many.