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Trapped In Meetings?

By Kathy Garland No one can argue that most companies spend too much time in meetings. Too many agenda items, too many things to accomplish in too little time, no guidelines, no clear understanding of the real purpose of the meeting are things…
Managing Projects Through Requirements
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Managing Projects through
Requirements

by Kathy Martucci, PMP: As project managers, we are accustomed, even mandated, to planning our work and working our plan. We build and examine (and re-examine) Work Breakdown Structures and eventual project schedules. We swear our Gannt…
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Making Sure You Have the Right “Fix”

By Rob Zell: Before you can really solve a problem you have to get inside it, poke around in the guts of the matter, experience the pain it’s causing the organization, understand how people cope with the issue and how it ripples through…
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Fake It ‘Til You Make It…With Body Language

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: A message that is repeated often enough eventually becomes the truth. It’s a common tactic of marketers, fame-seekers, and many politicians – They take the concept of “Fake it Til You Make it” to a different…
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SME Creep: When a Project Manager Slowly Loses
Authority to a Subject Matter Expert

By Darrell G. Stiffler, PMP: Subject matter experts (SMEs) are generally a very valuable asset to a project manager (PM). However, as a PM, you must be prudent in how much authority and control is given to or taken by a SME. Additionally,…
Managing Projects with Limited Authority
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Managing Projects with
Limited Authority

by Lana Boiko, PMP Perhaps the most common environment a typical project manager works in is a matrix organization.  Given this circumstance, a lot of project managers not only have no formal authority when it comes to our clients, but…