09/23/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: how to prevent resource burnout on projects, resource burnout, resource burnout on projects
Anything to get the job done, right? On time delivery at any cost (well, any cost except for monetary cost). Well, not exactly. On too many projects, especially ones where meeting the completion date is critical, overtime is the norm rather than the rule. If your projects are anything like mine, you’ve probably found that […]
09/16/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: project sponsor, project sponsor responsibilities, project sponsor role, project success factors
In Part 1 of this two part series we started to examine the project sponsor and their role on the project and how they share responsibilities with the project manager. In this second part, we will examine key areas of effort that for the project manager that help ensure project sponsor satisfaction on the project […]
09/09/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: project sponsor, project sponsor responsibilities, project sponsor role, project success factors
Just who exactly is the project sponsor on our projects? The definition of the project sponsor is a senior executive in a corporation (often at or just below board level) who is responsible to the business for the success of the project. So while the project sponsor is senior and may be a figurehead on some […]
08/27/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: project management success, project management success factors, traits of successful project managers
This could be a long list…especially considering the never ending lists of known and unknown responsibilities for the project manager on every new project. It seems to be ever changing…yet we must be ready. But I’ll keep the list to four for now and welcome your responses, thoughts and additions. In order to successfully manage […]
08/20/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: before the project starts, potential project customer issues, project kickoff questions
Sometimes the scariest part of the project is what you don’t know. We can be warned about all the potential risks, issues, technology roadblocks, end user concerns and customer concerns, but those unknowns that loom concerning the environments we are entering into can often be the most problematic and are not for the faint of […]
08/12/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: manage project issues, managing project risks and issues, project issue management, project risk management
Issues and risks…wouldn’t it be wonderful if we can manage a project without either of these creeping up on us? But the reality is they can…and they do. Both of them, in fact, show up on every project we manage, and we need to have a process in place to identify, recognize, document, track and […]
08/05/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: project time management techniques, slotting time on project, time management strategies for project managers, time management tips for project managers
We often make tasks – or series of tasks – more monumental than they need to be. We have a tendency to get stuck working on the same thing over and over again in pieces broken out here and there and we can end up doing this over the course of a week and still […]
07/22/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: project customer, project customer relationship management, project customer satisfaction, project end user
Your customer is critical. And from most project managers’ perspectives, that is the person sitting across from him at the table or the one on the other end of the phone on the status call. That’s right… that is the customer. But what about the customer’s ultimate end user? Where do they fit in? When […]
07/15/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: lack of resources, lack project resources, lack resources project managment, project resources
This has surely happened to every experienced project manager in the world. The project is going along fine – maybe deep into a critical task or phase – and suddenly you either lose a key resource or can’t onboard the right resource as planned for the project. What do you do? How do you re-act? […]
07/08/2014 by Brad Egeland Tags: missing leadership, project leadership, project leadership tips, signs that leadership is missing
In Part 2 of this two part series on signs leadership may be missing from a project, we’ll look at five more indicators – in no particular order of importance. The idea is if you recognize any of these…either run or fix them…quickly. Team members are trying to be heroic. That is, they try to […]