Project Management Cartoon
The first time I came across this cartoon, The Project Management Tree Swing Cartoon, was in mid 2000. It was quite amusing to me then. But, with increasing awareness over the years, I have come to appreciate the challenges the project management team faces in the bid to deliver to the owner or user what…
Read MoreWHATEVER IT TAKES, TAKE ACTION
Pastor Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, made a presentation titled “Whatever It Takes, Take Action”. That was many years ago. I heard the expression “Analysis Paralysis” for the very first time then. I may not remember all that he said during that presentation but the title and the expression have stuck with…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from the Project Management Profession Part 5 – Celebrating Small Wins
The first four parts of this series addressed the need for Detailed Execution Plan, Goals Visibility, Accountability Partnership and Risk Management as key success factors in achieving our goals. I strongly suggest that you read those posts, if you have not done so already, to gain deeper insight into the subject. In this concluding essay,…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from Project Management Part 4 – Risk Management
In the first three parts of this series I discussed the need for Detailed Execution Plan, Goal Visibility and Accountability Partnership, to increase the odds in favor of our goals, to ensure accomplishment. I would advise very strongly that you read those posts to gain a broad view of the subject. Today I discuss another…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from the Project Management Profession Part 3 – Accountability Partnership
I do not know about you, but I have been part of some successful project teams. There is that special feeling of accomplishment and fulfilment, when the final project document is signed off, or when the facilities you have helped to build is finally started up and they run successful. It is a moment of…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from The Project Management Profession – Part 2 – Visibility
In the first part of this series I discussed the need to breakdown goals to daily tasks or mini milestones to ensure that we chip away at our big goals every day. That improves our chances of achieving our goals at the end of the year. Today I intend to examine another practice from the…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons From The Project Management Profession – Part 1
The season of goal setting, new year resolutions or whatever term we choose to designate the exercise, is here again. Some of those who take the exercise seriously may have already commenced the process of reviewing the goals they set, or the new year resolutions they made, at the beginning of 2017. The aim is…
Read MoreWHEN IS A PROJECT SUCCESSFUL?
Was your last project successful? Is the current one likely to be successful? What makes a project successful? Why should you be bothered with such a question? After all, you have completed the project and handed it over to the end user, and he appears to be happy with it. As a contractor, whether an…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Personal Failure
It is popularly said that experience is the best teacher. But it has been challenged by several thinkers. For instance, John Maxwell, acclaimed to be the number one leadership expert in the world, asserts: “experience is NOT the best teacher, but EVALUATED EXPERIENCE is” I will be sharing what I learnt from my personal failure…
Read MoreEARLY WARNING SIGNS OF PROJECT TROUBLES OBSERVABLE AT KICK-OFF MEETINGS
It is often said that nobody goes out looking for trouble. That may be true. But sometimes you must go out looking, not just for trouble, but for signs that trouble may be lying ahead. This applies, particularly to projects. We can often tell, even from the Kick-off Meeting (KOM), if the project is headed…
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