Project Management…Words Matter
1 year 25 weeks agoWords matter. Even in project management.
Words can carry meaning far beyond their formal definitions. Connotation and perception can have unintended consequences.
Even basic project management terms can create misunderstandings that can disrupt or derail a project. In this article, I expose some linguistic pitfalls impacting the profession
Highlight Tasks that are behind schedule on a MS Project Gantt Chart
1 year 27 weeks agoDo you want to highlight tasks that are late on your Microsoft Project Lookahead schedule Gantt chart? Then follow the steps outlined in this video on how to format Bar Styles to draw focus to tasks that are late when compared to their baseline finish dates.
Project Management & AI: Bring It On
1 year 36 weeks agoArtificial Intelligence (AI) will transform project management. Gartner estimated that AI may replace 80% of project management activities by 2030. A recent article in the Harvard Business Review described “
Managing Project Assumptions & Risks
1 year 39 weeks agoWe make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Without them, we would spend innumerable hours worrying about everything. We assume our car will start. Our air conditioner will work. The weather forecast is accurate.
These daily assumptions are banal. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly
Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption
1 year 44 weeks agoSoftware projects have two measures of success. First, building and implementing working software. Second, having people use and adopt it. Project managers tend to focus their attention on delivering the application. But the project’s real success rests on user adoption.
Once, I led a large project. The application was
Display Variance against Multiple Baselines in Microsoft Project
2 years 5 days agoDo you want to carry out variance analysis against more than one baselines in Microsoft Project but cannot find a way to do so out of the box?
Custom Field is my go to feature whenever I need a workaround in Microsoft Project and again they have come to the rescue. In this YouTube video, I demonstrate how to calculate and display variances against multiple baselines (Baseline1 to
Everyday Agile Practices
2 years 1 week agoAgile seems like a mystery to many. It has an unfamiliar vocabulary and practices. To outsiders, it feels like an exclusive club. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives.
Imagine it is Thursday evening. Your family is planning the upcoming weekend. There is a
Everyday Agile Practices
2 years 1 week agoAgile seems like a mystery to many. It has an unfamiliar vocabulary and practices. To outsiders, it feels like an exclusive club. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives.
Imagine it is Thursday evening. Your family is planning the upcoming weekend. There is a
Add a milestone on a Task bar in Microsoft Project
2 years 7 weeks agoThis YouTube video demonstrates one way to add a milestone on a Microsoft Project Task bar (same row), e.g., Stage Gate, Go-Live date or a Decision Point.
Note that for this solution to work, the Task Mode must be set to Auto Scheduled.
The Project Charter Lays the Foundation
2 years 8 weeks agoThe project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially known.
It may be called a charter, proposal, grant, or request. It may be a formal contract or a less formal document. Regardless of the format, articulating the project’s intent
