From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Free Project Risk Management Template

by Alec Satin

Risk Management is one of those project management areas that get more lip service than practice. There’s a perception that risk management is hard, complicated, takes a lot of time, and is boring. While some risk management implementations can be all of these things, the risk management you choose to follow on your projects just needs to be “good enough”.

What is Good Enough Risk Management?

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Finding Rhythm in Project Chaos

by Jason Edleman

Have you ever being managing a project and have something go horribly wrong only to have it followed by more problems one after another?

If you are an experienced PM, you most certainly have. We all have at one time or another. Now, I am not talking about your run of the mill project issues that get into the way of progress. I am talking about when all bets are off and you are in triage while trying to get everyone thinking clearly and planning on top of it all.

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10 Ways to Destroy the Effectiveness of Your Project Management Office (PMO)

by Alec Satin

For every PMO that delivers on its initial promise, there are two that hobble along, never really achieving much in terms of bottom-line benefit to customers, project managers, stakeholders or the business itself. It’s pretty easy to eliminate most if not all benefits of a Project Management Office. Which of the following hold true for your PMO? Make sure to set up a climate of fear. Emphasize the penalties of non-compliance. Use the stick and not the carrot. Make sure to locate the program office as far away from the project managers as possible. Extra points if you make communication [...]

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