Since I started in the project management software industry in the early 1980s there has always been an interest in managing skill scheduling. It’s easy to see why. When you need to build something whether it is a house, a pipeline, an aircraft, a new drug or a piece of software, you are going to require resources who have specific skills. Skill scheduling has been designed and even delivered in different project management tools…
One of the most interesting project management reports that evolved after my start in the industry is the “burn-down” report. I mention it because at HMS, we are about to launch TimeControl 7 and we are in the final hours prior to launch where we are at the end of a long reiterative burn down process. If you’ve never been in the IT industry then you may not have seen such a project management report with…
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be speaking this September at the prestigious Project Management Institute’s Global Congress North America. The conference is in San Diego California this year from September 25th to 27th. My topic is inspired by someone I think every project manager should read about: Buckminster Fuller. It is entitled “Just call me Trim Tab”. I’ll be sharing more about this upcoming paper in the weeks to come. For more information on…
I tend to look at someone’s decisions or the actions they’ve taken and wonder “What was the world they were looking at that would have had those actions and those decision seem like the exact right thing to do?” Now I know that not everyone thinks like me and thank goodness that’s true but for me in a business or project management context, asking that question of myself can become quite important. You’ll see the results…
This year political correctness seems to be everywhere. In the US it’s a presidential election cycle so perhaps some level of political correctness goes with the territory. But political correctness isn’t just a political phenomenon. In the private sector, in public sector organizations, in volunteer or charitable work the insidiousness of being “PC” can wreak havoc. Project Managers are faced with this every day and are under pressure either to make sure their project reports…