Mitigate Risks and Innovative Accelerators
The #1 mistake in project risk management is to identify risks but do nothing about them.The harder you work, the luckier you get.Success staring in the face of failure.In any given project things wil...
Viable Plans and Schedules
A carelessly-planned project takes three times longer to complete, a carefully one takes only twice as long.Common sense is not common practice. It's not even common knowledge. Most so-called common s...
Roles and Responsibility Understood and Agreed Upon By All
Fear of failure is the #1 issue standing in the way of setting goals.If you are not allowed to fail, don't start anything.The person who is capable of making a difference will be found in the mirror, ...
Effective, Unrelenting Communication With All Stakeholders
The major problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.We get tunnel vision, focus on what's right in front of us, and hope that disaster won't strike as a result.Keep it short, kee...
Measurable, Challenging & Achievable Goals
When I was young I always wanted to BE somebody when I grew up. I just wish I'd been more specific.When most project teams hear the shot of the starting gun, they leap into figuring out how to do it -...
Obsessed with Customer
There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everyone from the chairman on down by just spending money somewhere else.The moose is not loose.We had a whale of a time.When you assume, you make...
Scrappy Project Management Checklist
Be completely and unrepentantly obsessed with 'CUSTOMER'Provide shared, measurable, challenging & achievable 'GOALS' as clear as sunlightEngage in effective, vociferous and unrelenting COMMUNICATI...
Characteristic of A Successful Project leader
The first characteristic of a successful project leader is to be completely and unrepentantly obsessed with the customer.There is no answer inside the building. Getting project team out sw...
Vision of Project Success
It's up to the project leader to create a grand unified vision of success - what success looks like, feels like, sounds like, tastes like, and smells like. Every single person associated with the proj...
One-Page Project Success Scoreboard
Key attributes of a useful scorecard:A complete list of success criteriaA clear description of each of the criteriaSpecific, measurable, and actionable targets for each criteriaThe minimum acc...