When I started in the project management industry in 1984 the concept of a baseline was nothing new.  Indeed, it was a critical element of the first major client deployment of project management software that got my business and my career underway. Even in 1984 baselines were not a big favorite of those in project management.  It was something over the years that I continued to promote.   These days we hear less and less…

It’s quite flattering to find myself featured in the October edition of the PM World Journal. This is a scholarly publication filled with the writings of people who have been in the project management world for some time and has always been a key source of information and education for me. The article is the result of my speaking engagement at the University of Texas Dallas this year at the Annual Dallas at the 14th…

I had a remarkable experience in Austin, Texas with my friend Nathan Latka and 500 of his closest Founder friends at the #founder500. The Founder500 was a remarkable conference where I was privileged to speak as one of the keynote speakers. This was an unexpectedly awesome collection of hundreds of founders of SaaS companies. Some were small, some were big but everyone had common experiences and challenges. It was quite unlike anything I’d ever been…

I’m delighted to be speaking on a couple of different topics at the Minnesota PMI Professional Development Days (PDD) this year. This is the first in-person meeting of the PDD for the PMI-MN in two years and I’m excited to be a part of it. I’ll be speaking about creating a hybrid environment in a session called “Bringing Agile, Project Management and Portfolio Management together” and then a second Symposium Day session called “The Perils…

I was delighted to be interviewed by Nathan Latka on his top entrepreneurs podcast. Nathan is a high-energy interviewer who is great to meet with but really wants you to know your numbers and be ready to be challenged. You’ll find the whole interview on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/QmmVu2GD0hA.