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How Changing a Flat Tire Made Me a Better Project Manager

How Changing a Flat Tire Made Me a Better Project Manager

04/14/2017 by Brad Egeland Tags: rework, smart project management, why plan

Project Managers are organized in everything they do, right? Well, I can say that I’m not. And when I was attempting to change a tire on our full-sized 12 passenger van… I learned that I’m even less organized than I thought. My little kids were helping… so at least that aspect was fun. The worst […]

Smart Project Management - Part 5 - Learn Along the Way

Smart Project Management – Part 5 – Learn Along the Way

04/11/2013 by Brad Egeland Tags: end of project sessions, lessons learned sessions, project schedule, smart project management

So far we’ve covered four of my five topics on smart project management…the idea of working smarter – but not necessarily harder – on the projects we manage. In parts 1 through 4, we’ve covered: Make the customer work for you Let the team manage the budget Scale the deliverables Manage the meetings In this […]

Smart Project Management - Part 4 - Manage the Meetings

Smart Project Management – Part 4 – Manage the Meetings

04/02/2013 by Brad Egeland Tags: project budget meeting, project meeting best practices, project meetings, smart project management

In Part 4 of this five part series on smart project management, we’ll discuss the concept of managing the meetings. We’ve covered the topic of making the customer work for you by keeping them assigned to tasks and engaged on the project, the topic of letting the team manage the project budget by keeping them […]

Smart Project Management - Part 3 - Scale the Deliverables

Smart Project Management – Part 3 – Scale the Deliverables

03/26/2013 by Brad Egeland Tags: project deliverables, project requirements, scaling project deliverables, smart project management

In the first two parts of this five part series on smart project management, we’ve covered the following concepts: Make the customer work for you – the focus on keeping the project sponsor and customer team focused and engaged on the project by strategically assigning tasks throughout the engagement Let the team manage the budget […]

Smart Project Management - Part 2 - Let the Team Manage the Budget

Smart Project Management – Part 2 – Let the Team Manage the Budget

03/20/2013 by Brad Egeland Tags: managing project budgets, managing project financials, project forecast, smart project management

In Part 1 of this five part series on managing projects smarter we discussed the concept of having the project customer work for you. I introduced you to my AIM process: Assign, Inform, Manage…basically a way to keep the customer working on tasks that are relevant to the project and to keep them engaged and […]

Smart Project Management - Part 1 - Make the Customer Work for You

Smart Project Management – Part 1 – Make the Customer Work for You

03/13/2013 by Brad Egeland Tags: project communication, project customer, project kickoff, project schedule, smart project management

In this series we’re going to begin a five-parter on some things we can do on our projects to manage smarter, not harder. There are things we do as project managers that are definitely ‘chores’. Things we wish we didn’t have to put so much effort into like today when I’m trying to get a […]

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