The more successful projects you deliver, the more likely it is that your management or clients will call upon you to lead more complex projects that are outside your repertoire of skills and even beyond your domain of technical expertise. When you deliver the goods on these projects, success will strengthen your self-confidence and enhance [...]
Making Emotional Conversations Unemotional
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In this edition of the Guerrilla Project Management podcast, I interview Rick Morris, author of the outstanding and popular book: Project Management that works.
I attended Rick’s presentation at a PMI Global Congress a couple of years ago and the insights that [...]
The “Chaos Report” Myth Busters
In a previous blog post titled, Let’s say “No” to groupthink and stop quoting the Chaos Report, I wrote that:
“We need to be able to examine the underlying data and measurement methods used as the basis for any report or study on IT project failures. Without examining the data, to continue quoting such reports is [...]
Compassion is the “Killer App”
Derek Huether, at The Critical Path, wrote a fun blog post about his take on Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham story.
If you don’t know the story, here is a quote from Derek’s post:
Sam offers Green Eggs and Ham to an unnamed character. This character adamantly states he does not like them. Sam looks for [...]
Interview with Geoff Crane, author of PaperCutPM.com
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In this edition of the Guerrilla Project Management podcast, I interview Geoff Crane author of the popular blog PaperCut Edge. Geoff is the popular and beloved twitter known as @PapercutPM.
Geoff is the owner of Papercut Project Monitoring, a consulting company with experience in global multi-million [...]
Interview with Deanne Earle, author of UnlikeBefore.com
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In this edition of the Guerrilla Project Management podcast, I interview Deanne Earle author of the Change Thru Action blog. Deanne is known to her followers on Twitter as @UnlikeBefore.
Deanne is an expert at initiating, leading, and delivering change projects. She helps clients [...]
“Scope Seep” or what happens if you give a mouse a cookie
Most of us by now know about the consequences of “Scope Creep”
But there is a much more dangerous problem that we Project Managers get ourselves into. It is called “Scope Seep”
“Scope Seep” is a term coined by Alan Weiss and refers to situations when you, the project manager, not the customer, allow extra features, tasks, [...]
Interview with Mark Gibson on Recovering Troubled Projects
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In this episode of the Guerrilla Project Management Podcast, I interview Mark Gibson, author of markdgibson.com.
I read Mark’s blog post Resuscitation for a Red Project Team about recovering troubled project and I had to talk to him further about his approach to these types of projects.
Mark [...]
The risks of road rage on your project
As Project Managers, we have to remember that our number one priority is to create an environment where our team members can do their great work and feel safe to speak up and express their ideas, no matter how silly or contrarian others might find them.
We all know that bullying and intimidation take place every [...]
Turning “Pro” and redefining the meaning of success
In project management, turning “Pro” to me means reaching the point in your career when you can still feel successful, even when we end up delivering a failed project.
I believe this requires 3 things:
Unlearning what we have been taught, since the beginning of our careers, as the definition of a successful project manager.
Separating the definition [...]
