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Great! You've got the right project management tool (Then, the organization ignores you and pays no attention to the benefits you see so clear)
I see it every day. Organizations acquiring project management solutions and failing at the implementation. Why? Probably because you know how important project management is, but the rest do not (necessarily). Moreover –and worse-, they might be right. Of...
Some lessons I learned at the PMO Summit (Tec de Monterrey, Mexico)
I had the pleasure to attend and speak at the PMO Summit (Tecnológico de Monterrey) last week in Mexico. Some ideas I highlighted: Planning is key, of course. But strategies fail at execution time: put your focus on it. Each project needs to confirm total...
Information systems strategy
Information systems strategy should be viewed as supplementing business strategy, helping to apply technology better in order to underpin the aims and competitive advantages pursued. As with any strategy, it must identify the future situations towards...
Technology sphere: alignment with business strategy
It is vital for the information systems strategy to specifically adapt to the nature of the business it is intended to support. There are no universal formulae for success, as each organisation has its own unique aims and resources. As a result, the first...
Keys to planning and execution of the information systems strategy
Organisation of the Information Systems area Within the sphere of strategic planning of information systems, at some point one must decide on the organisational model to be adopted in order to implement the plans. If the aim is to achieve appropriate...
Parkinson’s Law: Phony deadlines
If the most probable estimated duration for a project is 10 months, project managers might be tempted to reduce the target deadline to 8 months and thus compensate for possible delays. According to Parkinson’s Law “work expands so as to fill the time...
Project managers: Overtime is offset by "undertime"
An occasional pressure increase and overtime can be useful tactics to keep people focused and increase the perception that their work is important, but prolonged pressure is always a mistake.
It has been shown that overtime is offset by fewer productive hours, or under-time.
Project managers should work through a credible planning
A project manager cannot be proactive without an up-to-date and credible plan, i.e. without knowing what is going to happen on their project next week, next month, etc. This is serious. Not only because doing otherwise tells people you are an ineffective...
Fundamentals on business goals
When running a company, it is important to have precise and correct information on how our business is being operated. A large part of business management is focused on the strategic approach to that business. However, implementation that follows the...
The defensive project management
It makes good sense for you as a project manager to take a defensive posture in most areas of risk. These are common risk mitigation techniques a project manager should use. There is one area, though, where defensiveness will always backfire: You cannot protect yourself against your own people’s incompetence. If your own people are not up to the job at hand, you will fail.
Tips for project managers
Being a project manager has a lot to do with attitude. An effective project manager must believe in their role and do it well. What would novice project manager do? Consider a fictional dialogue below. These would be the questions I would have asked when I first...