Communication plans are a great way to provide your program leadership team with current updates on planned communications activities for a program. Whether a large program or a small project, publishing when meetings will occur, when training sessions will take…
I will contend that many programs and projects struggle because program and/or project teams do not have a clear picture of the intended program outcome and their role in delivering the desired outcome. This is especially true with IT projects…
Most people who know me know that I try to ask very good questions…probing questions…questions that try and drive out a good understanding of an issue and its root cause so that it can be solved. So you can imagine…
One of my frustrations is when project team members have a defeatist attitude about certain tasks on a project. My parents always taught me, "If you think you can, or you think you can't, you are probably right. The next…
Portfolio Management January is a common time of year for organizations to establish their discretionary financial plan. One of the challenges with this process is determining how much work can get “crammed” into the financial budget. The discretionary budget is…
December is usually a very busy month for wrapping up programs and projects. Many organizations like to close out projects at the end of their fiscal year in order to match up projects and funding. During this period, some organizations…
As a leader in a large organization, how many times have you been frustrated that your development teams appear to be "reinventing the wheel" on development projects because they are not aware that another internal project team created a similar…
Fall is an interesting time of year for most corporations. Why? Because just about every large corporation hosts its premier "goat rodeo" event known as the fall budget planning process. One of the key challenges corporations have is determining year-to-year…
The Fourth Edition of "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK) defines a portfolio as "a collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to meet strategic business objectives. The project or programs…
There is an old saying, "If you take care of the molehills, the mountains will take care of themselves." Many program and project leaders go into crisis management mode unnecessarily. The reason? Frequently the leadership team, program, or project manager…
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