In business these days, there’s an increased emphasis on the need to act before you have everything perfected. That’s true in a fast-paced world of business, where the first one to “get it out there” may be the winner. Or, as Seth Godin now refers to it, they need to “ship“. Ready-Fire-Aim (RFA) is a…
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Project People – Are We All the Same?
This is not about diversity in the usual sense. Not a question of ethnicity (although it could be) or national origin (although it could be) or race (although it could be) or any of the other uses of the word that are “normal”. For some Project work, this will be heretical. For some Customers, this…
Selling Your Project in 15 Seconds
You have a great Project idea. You’ve done the work to prepare. You know what it will “cost”. You know the people that must be on your Team. But, you still have to sell the project. Maybe you’ve already submitted your plan to a decision-maker. They’ve said: “If Ms. X will go for it, I’ll…
Scheduling – Purists vs Randoms – Obvious Lessons
In ProjectWorld, scheduling can create massive controversy. Much of the debate is between “Scheduling Purists” and the opposite – I’ll call them “Random Purists”. Scheduling Purists often feel that whatever is generated on paper (or on screen) is what will happen, at a certain time, and in the exact required sequence. They are often disappointed…
3 Quotes for Project Workers Heard these a thousand times? Think about them now in the context of your current Project work: “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” Leonardo DiVinci “The greater danger for most of us…