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Thoughts on business architecture, technology strategy, project delivery, and helping organizations move difficult initiatives forward.
Jim Collins is credited with the business flywheel concept. In Good to Great, Collins describes the image of a massive flywheel that takes enormous effort to move at…
Have you ever watched a project that seemed to be progressing well suddenly become the subject of endless discussion? Conversations start to stretch well beyond the time they…
Have you ever watched a project move quickly through the first major part of the work, only to slow down dramatically near the end. It feels as though…
Project managers are introduced early in their careers to the Triple Constraint Model: Time, Cost, and Scope. Some variations substitute Quality for Scope, but the underlying principle remains…
A company can usually survive a busy season. It can survive a demanding customer, an unexpected issue, a delayed project, or some sudden opportunity that needs immediate attention.…
Executives spend a surprising amount of time deciding what should happen next. A meeting may begin with a project update, a customer concern, a budget question, a staffing…
Few situations are more frustrating in project management circles than watching a project lose credibility after weeks or months of productive work. The team has been meeting regularly,…
Projects rarely fail all at once. Most of the time, they fail quietly and gradually until they reach a breaking point. A meeting ends without a clear decision.…
I should preface by saying I have nothing against Gantt charts. In fact, I think they’re a useful tool, and I’d love to see them more. But I…
Technology roadmaps can be incredibly useful, but only when they are treated as decision tools rather than wish lists. In many organizations, a technology roadmap becomes a collection…