Optimal Decision-Making: Turning Data into Actionable Information
GUEST POST by Claire Schwartz In my last post, I wrote about collecting data to provide information for decision-making. There is no question that data is where we begin, but facts are not enough. What...
View ArticleOptimal Decision-Making: Effectively Communicating Information
In the last couple of posts, we’ve written about the challenges of providing information for decision-making. From collecting data to converting the data to information that tells a story, it’s all...
View ArticleImproving PPM Maturity: Resource Leveling
A quick trip to Wikipedia yields the following definition for resource leveling: ‘a project management technique used to examine unbalance use of resources (usually people or equipment) over time, and...
View ArticleEffective Approaches to Project Prioritization
‘The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities’- Stephen R. Covey Like most of us, I have a tendency to attend to tasks that interest me the most, especially...
View ArticlePart 1: The Role of Organizational Change Management in Project Success
In its most fundamental form change management is what we do to control and manage the impact of a change. For example, Project Change Management provides us with a mechanism for controlling and...
View ArticlePart 1: The Role of Organizational Change Management in Project Success
In its most fundamental form change management is what we do to control and manage the impact of a change. For example, Project Change Management provides us with a mechanism for controlling and...
View ArticleOrganizational Change Management – Part 2: How Does Change Impact Individuals?
When we make a change, individuals may be asked to take on unfamiliar or uncomfortable new roles. Life becomes less predictable and less controllable. Individual status and standing is affected as...
View ArticleLinking Business Strategy and Projects
Introduction: Most of us recognize that having a strategy is a critical element for growing and improving an enterprise. It is the strategy that defines the purpose or mission of the enterprise,...
View ArticleImplementing and Monitoring Organizational Change: Part 3
While its relatively straightforward to monitor the performance of a risky technical component, track defects, and make a binary “go” or “no go” decision as to whether that component can be used,...
View ArticleThe Role of the Resource Manager
When we think about resource management, we tend to think about how it impacts projects and the project portfolio. After all, if we don’t have the resources to execute work, our projects don’t get...
View ArticlePPM: Everyone Gets To Play (Part 1)
I remember my first PMI meeting. It was in the early 1980’s and I had just been appointed to manage a fairly large project for the Data Processing Division of a large bank. The meeting had been...
View ArticlePPM: Everyone Gets To Play (Part 2)
In continuation to my previous blog post, this one will explain how the PPM needs of organizations drive the overall implementation process. At the enterprise level, we all recognize that different...
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