Project Management
Goal 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 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…
Read MorePRODUCTIVITY NORMS AND HOW TO USE THEM
“We used standard norms to estimate productivity and activity durations, but the project is still behind schedule.” You probably have heard that before. Yes, you have used norms to develop estimates and plan the project. You have resourced the project as planned. Why is the project behind schedule?
Read MoreSCHEDULE FORECASTING MADE SIMPLE
I do not intend to conduct extensive review of forecasting and trend analysis methods. Those are widely available in literature. I intend to present to busy practitioners like myself, a simple, easy-to-use, and reliable forecasting method that they can use, without having to be techie or math whiz to do so!
Read MoreDO YOU WANT TO EMPLOY A PLANNING ENGINEER? HERE IS WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
So, you want to employ a planning engineer? Or you want to employ an MS Project, Primavera or Suretrack user? Do you know the difference? Well, many people do not.
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