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Top Articles of 2016 #6-10

Let's have a triumphant drumroll for the top Forward Momentum blog posts of last year! These are the articles that garnered the most attention and sparked the liveliest conversation among you, our readers! Without further ado, here they are: 10. Thunder,…
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How Fast Tracking Saved My Life

By Craig Brown Numerous articles and presentations abound about crashing or fast tracking a schedule.  These techniques are designed to get your project back on schedule but with risks and costs, which may make the practice less attractive. …
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A 3 Foot Piece of String
Can Save Your Project

By Bill Flury We were getting going on a major system conversion process. Our job was to replace a legacy image processing system with all new hardware and software. Our team included three contractors, one for software, one for the computing…
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Mentoring: A Momentum Maker

By Burl W. Randolph, Jr. When you are 'In the Zone', you know it. Business is booming, promotions are plentiful, and when you speak, E.F. Hutton listens. Everything works right, feels right, goes right, and is right. Then, it happens: Nothing.…
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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…
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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…