Some of the toughest challenges in an implementation have nothing to do with technology – and everything to do with this picture. If responding to changing circumstances means losing face, it’s tempting for project teams to
Any project involves uncertainty. The challenge lies in getting what you want – in spite of it. As the old saying goes, ‘You can have anything you want but not
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Planet Planning
Google ‘turning on a dime’, and images like this one pop up. You don’t get to be a project manager for long without realizing that some dimes are a lot bigger than others. So how long should it take to correct course?
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Planet Planning
I’ll admit it. I hate management by exception. See that gorilla in the window. Well, there was a time when it was just a cute little baby gorilla. In fact, it was so tiny it could have
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Planet Planning
I used to have nightmares about this graph. If that flat line looks like the kind you see in medical dramas, just before they whip out the defibrillator, you’re not far wrong.