The way organizations undertake and deliver projects today versus a few short years ago is vastly different. Until recently, it was not uncommon for a single organization to be able to control all contributors to project delivery. For example, in the world of IT delivery: end users, developers, testers, even data centers were housed within…
Geographically dispersed or remote teams have become increasingly common in today’s work environment. You can have operations in Minnesota, innovation in Italy and a factory in Japan which creates numerous challenges for team leaders. I have dealt with these situations on a regular basis throughout my career and have learned a few key practices to…
In Part I, last week, I laid out a general overview on why projects fail and looked at reason #1 in more detail. In Part II, we will look at reasons 2-4 in greater detail. Is project success or failure solely the responsibility of the Project Manager? In my opinion, the answer is NO. This…
We all know that more projects fail than succeed. There are studies by educational institutions, research organizations, etc. that support this same reality. The dollar store mentality of cheap and fast is used too often. Executives that don’t hold people accountable for anything but customer satisfaction while ignoring schedule, budget, and quality often will fail…
The Leadership of an organization can only do so much. We are all responsible to ourselves for invigorating passion into our line of work. How is it defined? Passion is when people discover the work that motivates them to achieve their potential by seeking extreme performance improvement. It makes our job become more than a mode of…
Millennials, those born from 1980 to 1995, are the first truly digital generation. They have a unique view of a professional career which can unknowingly upset the existing unwritten workplace culture. While they may feel they are furthering their careers, that might not be the case. So at the risk of not sounding like a…