Talking about Project Management Topics
New article discussing the issue of What Matters More: Maturity or Value? http://ow.ly/Ii7Mk
Happy New Year!
My new blog “Project Success and Failure: Who’s the Impostor?” is just up.
Today’s blog explores a frequent topic on Internet discussion groups: What is the appropriate definition of “project success” and why is it important? The article gives an example of why the definition used in most studies is not just inadequate but counterproductive. Future blog posts will expand on this topic.
Fraternally in project management,
Steve the Bajan
www.TotalProjectControl.com
Dear Planners,
There is an excellent article in Gary Heerkens' Generating Value column in this month's PM Network. The opening paragraph reads:
"Which is better: a project that runs on time and budget and meets its objective, or a project that runs late and overbudget but overachieves on cost savings that have a "change of life" impact?"
For me this topic is SO on point! Every project is an investment, and the value we get out of the investment, all else being equal, is THE key metric.
"Of Saltines and Deadlines", the new blog post at www.TotalProjectControl.com, explores the history of the dead metaphor (borrowed from the US Civil War) that is "the deadline". It also discusses how the use of these (often arbitrary) artifacts damages project value and performance, and recommends a better way of managing the time sensitivity of most projects.
Leave a comment for me if you'd like to discuss.
Fraternally in project management,
Steve the Bajan
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Blog #5: Project Management in History: Adolf Hitler and the Balkans Fragnet is just up at the Total Project Control website This is a followup to the previous blog, Blog #4: Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Fragnet. Just click on the Blog button at the top of the page.
I just posted Blog #4: Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Fragnet at the TotalProjectControl.com website. Just click on the Blog button to see all the blogs.
The Comments function is now working on the website. So if you have a comment on any of the blogs, the exercises or the site in general, I would be delighted if you would share it. And if you had comments about the three previous blogs, please feel free to write them now. (Of course, I will also be delighted to respond to Comments in this thread!)
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Just posted a new blog (#3) at the website http://www.totalprojectcontrol.com/blog.html
It is titled “Marshall McLuhan Was Right!” McLuhan said: “The medium is the message!” and the media of project management -- its contracts, reports and tools -- can often cause distortions.
This blog explores the idea that many failings in project management are due to human behaviors driven by flawed or misunderstood metrics and ill-conceived contractual clauses.
