by lewsauder | Jan 12, 2018 | Career Management, Leadership, Planning, Stakeholder Management
I’ve written some negative blog posts in the past regarding PMOs. It’s not that I’m against Project Management Offices. It’s just that I’ve been exposed to more bad ones than good ones. Too often, they appear to be contrived. It’s as if the IT organization said,...
by lewsauder | Oct 20, 2017 | Career Management, Planning
As a project manager, I have always tried to seek the most efficient route to get a job done. I identify the critical path. I try to determine how to schedule tasks concurrently. Being proactive is critical to this type of planning. There is a lot of advice out there...
by lewsauder | Sep 22, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Planning, Uncategorized
As some of my readers know, I have combined my long daily commute with my interest in American history by listening to a biography of every U.S. president in chronological order. I listen more for leadership reasons than political. I recently finished Dwight D....
by lewsauder | Jun 30, 2017 | Career Management, Leadership, Planning
After the American colonies won their independence from England in 1783, the founding fathers feared that people would like their independence too much. They debated whether to have a constitution. Thomas Jefferson was against having a constitution because he didn’t...
by lewsauder | May 19, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Planning
One of the most forgotten and ignored aspects of project management is risk management. The project plan and issues log get a lot of attention. And rightfully so. Those are important aspects of a project. If you don’t pay attention to the tasks that need to be...
by lewsauder | May 5, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Planning
Imagine going to the grocery store where food is just randomly put on shelves based on available space. You might find one brand of breakfast cereal in isle two, and another brand in isle seven. Instead, the grocery store categorizes their products. The produce is all...
