10/27/2015 by Brad Egeland Tags: project management, project manager, project plan, project planning, project schedule
Does your day usually go exactly how you planned it would go when you hit the shower in the morning? Does it ever? Why should we expect something different from the projects that we manage? The teams that we manage? T/he customers that we engage? So many variables. So many things that can go wrong […]
10/13/2015 by Brad Egeland Tags: project plan, project planning, project planning best practices, upfront project planning
Planning is a chore. I get that. And believe me, I struggle with chores daily – but it’s a way of life if you want to live an organized productive life. The same is true with the projects that we run. If we want to have productive, organized and successful projects, then we can’t run […]
10/08/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: Gantt chart, project plan, project schedule, project timeline
Here’s a mistake I make often….referring to the Gantt chart or project schedule as the project plan. And it may be that for a project plan that is all you have or need – especially if you’re running a fairly small project. And we aren’t the only ones making that mistake…it’s a common one. Especially […]