It happened to me three times in my career, and if you work long enough, there’s a good chance it will happen to you too.…
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If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. –Attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Project failure usually results from lack of planning. Stated in another…
Once upon a time, I believed that if I built a solid project plan, executed it flawlessly, and avoided delays, everything would work out. That’s…
Firmly establishing project scope will save many headaches as you near the end of your project. The project sponsor, for example, may believe this or…
The purpose of the staffing plan is to make sure the project has sufficient resources with the right skills to ensure a successful project completion. …
Create a Flexibility Matrix to summarize the relative importance of Time, Scope, Resources, Cost, and Quality for your project. Identify which aspect is most crucial…
Do you plan for travel time and travel expenses when bidding, proposing, or planning projects? If not, you should and here is why. Let’s say…
Sometimes it seems like project management is like waging war and it takes a tremendous amount of planning if you are going to win the…
Congratulations! You have been assigned to manage your next project and you’re eager to get started with planning. There’s a lot to be done, build…
Turns out you need a WBS — even for home projects. A neighbor asked me to go to the hardware store with him to pick…