Planning by Checklist
by Bill Flury
Several people told me I had to meet and talk with Paul. Paul is an exceptional project manager in a government contractor organization. In the past eight years he has successfully run more than 80 projects, all of which have…
Thunder, Lightning and…
Project Management?!?
By Bill Flury
Unfair! Unfair!
We have all experienced big storms with lots of lightning flashing everywhere, lighting up the sky, sometimes doing great damage, and sometimes, just crashing about from one cloud to another. What do we call…
Project Management?!?
Plan B Was Yesterday:
Poetic Project Management
By Bill Flury
We started the project following Plan A
That only lasted a week and a day.
Then something happened that we didn’t foresee.
So, we updated things and went to Plan B.
A few days passed and the team told me
Three tasks…
Poetic Project Management
Stimulate Action with
the Gap Method
By Bill Flury
A stranger walks up to you and says, “Excuse me, your zipper is open”. Instinctively, you look for the exposed gap and rush to close it. Your reaction is intuitive and urgent.
Most people have a strong, inbred urge to…
the Gap Method
“Work” and “Fun” Don’t Have
to Be Contradictory Terms
By Bill Flury
“Now Our Work is More Fun”
Work and Fun? – a strange combination, but we keep hearing this from most of the folks who are feeling the effects of their process improvement activities where they work. When we do follow-up…
to Be Contradictory Terms
The Inherent Risks of Skiing
and Project Management
By Bill Flury
Skiing is Inherently Risky
If you are a skier you know that there are many risks involved in every run. You face challenges at every turn and face loss of control or failure throughout every run. When you go skiing, you are…
and Project Management