So you have been a project manager for quite some time now and you think you have done a good job. Sure, you've made some mistakes and some bad decisions along the way that you wish you could have reversed at the time and sown better judgment in handling. But, overall you think you have handled the basics of being a real "PROJECT MANAGER." You have selected some good team … [Read more...] about A Challenge to all Project Managers
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Visualizing Your Future in Project Management
FOREWORD: I began writing this blog post about a year ago. My intent was to share with project managers and others in the project community some concepts I learned from a mentor which I have used over the years to guide my direction and career. When project lessons learned became a compelling topic for me, I put this post aside thinking I would come back to it at … [Read more...] about Visualizing Your Future in Project Management
How Does an Active Project Risk Management Plan Facilitate an “Actionable” Project Lessons Learned Framework?
In the course of my work developing an "actionable" framework for project lessons learned, I have learned that one of the great facilitating actions contributing to a robust and "actionable" Project Lessons Learned Framework is an active Project Risk Management Plan. Many project organizations already incorporate Risk Management as a capability in their planning and … [Read more...] about How Does an Active Project Risk Management Plan Facilitate an “Actionable” Project Lessons Learned Framework?
Why is It Important to Gain a Number of Different Perspectives When Conducting a Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Exercise?
When I teach project managers about Project Lessons Learned for the single project case—that is, when a project manager identifies, documents, and shares lessons learned from a recently completed project—I emphasize three areas upon which they must focus their attention to in order to determine Significant Events for Lessons Learned. The three areas are (1) Facts; (2) … [Read more...] about Why is It Important to Gain a Number of Different Perspectives When Conducting a Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Exercise?
Patterns of Behavior and Project Lessons Learned: Influence of the Project Environment
Those of you who have read my blog consistently know that I am interested in two cases in which Project Lessons Learned can be identified from projects. I call these the Single Project Case and the Multiple Project Case. The Single Project Case involves a project manager and his team who wish to identify, document, and share project lessons learned at the completion of a … [Read more...] about Patterns of Behavior and Project Lessons Learned: Influence of the Project Environment
