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Recent Posts

Create Standards for Communication Response

Have you ever sent an urgent email and panicked when you don’t get a quick reply? Or maybe you receive a text message asking how you’re doing and then get a second text 3 minutes later asking why you haven’t responded. In projects as well as personal life, it’s a good idea to get people on the same page about which communication methods to use for different situations and what response time to expect. In this video, Bob McGannon and I provide some ideas on how to set these standards.

Is It Time to Shut Down Your Agile Project?

Agile planning involves allocating an amount of money (or time) to produce functions that deliver business improvement. When that time or money runs out, the project ends unless a business case to continue is made and approved. This Project Pointer highlights other situations when an agile project should be stopped – even one that appears to deliver business value.

Don’t Skip Risk Triggers in Your Project Risk Plan

Risk triggers are occurrences that provide an early warning that a risk may become a real issue in a project. Yet, many risk management plans don’t document them. In this video, Bob McGannon and I discuss the benefits of documenting risk triggers to support our strong suggestion to include them in your project plans.