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Tout your winners
Look at me, look at me, look at me now! PMOs too often get painted as the dour “project police”. Our willingness to deliver results without demanding attention and praise is one of the more attractive...
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Own your project’s story (HT @MelanieDuzyj and @mkrigsman)
We all should know how critical project communication is to project success. A compelling story can build strong sponsorship and sustain stakeholder commitment, even in the most challenging of...
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More on why projects fail
This post on top reasons for IT project failure by Ron Sheldrick has up on LinkedIn for a while. Here were my two cents, nothing new if you’ve followed for a while: @James Pastor [a fellow commenter]...
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Good meeting “rules” seed list and its use in practice
I like this meeting rules/tips list from Harry Hall (@harrythall). They’re all good, though I’d add “no open devices (e.g., PCs or tablets)” and “schedule the meeting’s end-time to allow people to get...
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Top 10 (Bad) Incentive Assumptions
This post from @IncentIntel is timely as we head into silly season: performance and rewards time. I especially liked the two below; communications about incentives are too often treated as a “once and...
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Guidance for building a credible plan
Glen Alleman suggests that you download this and put it to work on projects. However, for some the defense focus and jargon are daunting or off putting. My suggestion for putting this guidance to...
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