Could you please help me with this? – There/it doesn't seem to have been any damage from the heart attack. – I was in good shape/form to win but that killed my chances of/my shot at winning the match. – I'm sick, but it's not to say/doesn…
How often do we hear project managers complaining that they have been set-up to fail. If you’re like me then quite often. I am sure that most organisations want their project managers to succeed. If this is true where does the “set-up to fail” idea com…
The communication plan like the project plan is a necessary part of the project. However, when thinking of the project manager’s role in communication planning, organisations and project teams too often think solely of the documents that establish the …
These are interesting times for managing systems development projects. In the old days (as late as the 1980’s), whenever a development project was initiated, it was necessary to form a project team at a centralised geographical location in order to exp…
Project goals keep the focus on what is most important. However, on some teams these primary goals are lost in their meeting’s activities. Make sure each meeting is structured so as to move the project forward. Even if the progress is only inches rathe…
Scott Berkun has some very interesting insights about the distinction between project managers, in the traditional sense and definition of the term, and project trackers, who may have the title of project manager, but essentially only gather actuals an…
As healthcare executives work to increase efficiency and decrease costs in a dynamic healthcare environment, they often undertake projects such as technology implementation, operational and process improvements and facility planning. These projects typ…
To maximise the contribution of project teams, a number of essentials need to be recognised. The good news is that the essentials to team success aren’t expensive, don’t require the expenditure of large amounts of capital or expense money, and don’t re…
Web collaboration technologies enable project management teams to meet virtually with full audio-visual interaction, irrespective of their multiple locations. These solutions work by allowing one team member to securely share their desktop and its cont…
Project Vision, Requirements, and Estimation
By Christopher Butcher
I’ve been thinking about how hard it is to align expectations between business and technical teams for awhile–like, every time someone says “exactly!” or “what were you think…