04/16/2015 by Brad Egeland Tags: project communication, project decision making, project decisions, project management decisions
Project managers make decisions all the time. It’s part of the job. In fact, it is much of the job. Decision-making is an ongoing task on every project engagement. Key decisions have to be made throughout by everyone including the project manager, the project team members, the customer, executive management, and usually other stakeholders. They […]
01/06/2015 by Brad Egeland Tags: project communication, project decision making, project management, project management communication
Good communication doesn’t always = good decision-making. Think of it almost as a different take on “The squeaky wheel gets the grease” only from a different angle. And a more dangerous angle. Why? Because the squeaky wheel one is the complainer. Everyone knows who that is and they appease them by giving them what they […]
11/18/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: objective decision making, objective project managagement, project decision making
Lets start this one off by looking at some definitions… Subjective: based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. Objective: observable; able to be seen or proven; based on fact. My wife and I got into a bit of a debate the other day on subjectivity vs. objectivity. It centered on the Ebola […]