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May 03
It’s very rare these days that you’ll see a project that isn’t adorned with a somewhat complex, several page, letters too small to read, lots of intersecting dependencies Gantt chart. Inevitably it may get trotted out every week at meetings where everyone’s asked if they’ve completed their scheduled tasks to which the answer will be …
Aug 21
Just a quick snippet of (ironically) a concept that I’ve been playing with recently. What I’ve been wondering about how better to describe the decision making process which will be inherent throughout a lengthy project life cycle and ensure effective decision making in project teams? So what’s the problem with the decision making process? Well …
Jul 27
Defining the correct approach to a project is one of the bedrocks of project management. Without a good clear understanding of how you’re going to achieve your aim there’s very little chance of your project running smoothly, never mind delivering the benefits you’re looking for. However there are a number of checks you can use …
Jun 07
Getting a team of people all working in the same direction is one of the most important jobs of the project manager. One of the ways I like to do this is a plan on a page. Consisting of a single page (I prefer A3), I would usually create a product or work package flow …
Mar 29
I was recently asked to write a brief 100 words piece for a company newsletter, ideally funny and could I do it now. Well I came up with the following effort. And so it began… “Pete you like writing, write something for our Company Newsletter.” “What would you like me to write?” “Whatever people want …
Mar 24
When you’re working on a project there will always be documents to write and because you write documents you will then get caught in review cycles. The rough time split to get a document approved seems to be somethings in the region of 20% to write and 80% to refine and get approval (that’s probably …
Mar 23
So right up front the take away point for this blog is that Project org charts are very important. I’m sure everyone agrees with this, but experience seems to dictate that a project org chart is quickly sketched out with a minimal team and then forgotten. What inevitably happens is that more and more people …