Your project sponsor isn’t responding, decisions are piling up and the project is beginning to drift. Here’s what an experienced project manager should do next.
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Your project plan can be on schedule while the real project is quietly heading for trouble. Discover the early warning signs experienced project managers look for before problems finally appear on the dashboard.
...Most people who discover Lean Six Sigma are introduced to DMAIC fairly quickly. Define the problem, Measure what is happening, Analyse the causes, Improve the process and then Control the improvement so that the gains don’t quietly disappear six months later It’s a remarkably powerful approach, and there’s a good reason why DMAIC sits at …
Here Are the Facts If you are studying for a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt qualification at the moment, you could easily get the impression that somebody has suddenly rewritten the rule book. Search online and you will find plenty of discussion about artificial intelligence, process mining, digital transformation, sustainability, automation and advanced analytics. Some …
The “So What?” Test That Changes Everything Many years ago, when I was a hiring manager, I was trained to use a recruitment technique called Targeted Selection. At the time, we often had what felt like queues around the block of people applying for management jobs. Most of them were perfectly capable people and many …
Most people think projects fail because they run out of money, miss deadlines or suffer endless scope changes. Those are certainly the things that make the headlines at project review meetings, but after more than forty years of managing projects, teaching project management and helping organisations recover troubled projects, I’ve come to a different conclusion. …