Here’s another video Bob McGannon and I recorded where we talk about whether a project manager can have too much authority. We also talk a bit about what to do to make sure that the project manager and project sponsor agree on what is an appropriate level of authority.
The most important section of the scope statement may be what’s out of scope.
While I was in Australia, Bob McGannon and I talked about when, if ever, you would start a project without a business case. It was a fun discussion. Click here to watch!
Bob McGannon and I talk about whether something can be too small to need project management principles and techniques.
How long should you proceed with your project without validating assumptions? Assumptions about a product’s or idea’s marketability should be validated quickly. Money spent on a product with unvalidated marketability is at risk. Share product specifications, drawings, or a mock-up built with Legos, but produce a prototype to validate your product’s marketability. Key stakeholder assumptions […]
What should you do if you don’t agree with the project business case? The answer depends on what makes you uncomfortable.
What if the sponsor doesn’t want a feasibility study – they want a 100% guarantee!!!
For daily entertainment, here are a few additional project management skills you must develop and deploy to be effective:
When managing small projects, less is more. A small project needs to be a lean machine, and unnecessary work and inefficiency gum up the works. Here are five tips to make your small projects run more smoothly.
QuickBooks classes are ideal when you need to analyze finances across accounts, income, expenses, customers, jobs, vendors. Classes help you track financial results by categories such as business unit, location, partner, or item. Classes can span time and items, too, because you assign a class to individual transactions (such as checks, bills, sales receipts, and invoices) as well as to specific line items on invoices or bills.
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