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Project plans are often many pages in length. Sometimes, that is a necessity. The Project is complex. The details are important. The Customer expects to see a long, detailed plan. Aside from the “have to” situations, however, can a Project be described on just 1 letter-sized page (written in a font size that is readable!)?…

Projecting Forward is supposed to be about moving project work forward. Most of the topics so far are very basic. So, how does that move anything F-O-R-W-A-R-D? Well, that is a good question. I asked myself that question. Moving forward has to start with a foundation of some sort. So, to answer my own question,…

Each project starts with some version of a plan. Maybe several different plans. We’re trying to decide – beforehand – how to successfully get to the delivery stage on a Project.   However, what happens once we start executing? We start out to do the work and something happens. It doesn’t go as we planned…

We do get caught up in life and work and Projects.  Pause today and consider this poem from William Henry Davies. (Thanks to Tom Peters and here.) Leisure What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare.No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep or…

Many think that experience is the most important thing. I’ve written some commentary on that here. Talent can easily trump experience. Only experience that demonstrates talent has value. Ability can easily outweigh experience. Experience must demonstrate ability and an increased ability to have value. Aim for Talent and Ability.

I used to hate the idea of sales. That’s mainly because I viewed it as trying to get someone to buy something that they didn’t really want. Sometimes I still think that way – except with a newer understanding. It’s when I don’t believe in what I’m selling that it’s hard to be motivated to…

Mind maps are an increasingly popular visualization tool for collecting information or planning. (Get the Wikipedia story here, see more at the Mind Maps blog here, or the mind maps software blog here). Here’s a sample of a hand-drawn map on the left. If you aren’t familiar with these, they start with a central idea…