Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 3
So what are the lessons learned that project managers can take for a project like this? When I asked Andy …
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Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 2
Once the planning and preparation are complete, getting to an Automatic Geophysical Observatory (AGO) site can seem like a project …
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Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 1
Early December. Andy woke to bright sunshine and a light snowfall… inside his tent. The sun had been up already …
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Are you a goal-driver or a crank-turner?
There are two types of project managers in the profession — those who expect tools and methodology to automate their …
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Manage deliverables, not tasks
One of our most basic tools for regaining control of a project that is at risk is the deliverables list …
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Focus on the path to the goal, not on the hazards
I was mountain biking recently along a lovely canyon path when I rounded a curve and suddenly found myself on …
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Stakeholder Management Tools
Nope. There’s just no way around it. You are going to have to work with people. Even if you are …
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Contingency Plan – Focusing on Business Value
Last time, I talked about status reporting, which is commonly required but whose power as a multitool is often overlooked. …
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The Project Manager’s Multitool: The Status Report
Status reports (or whatever your particular methodological school calls them) are frequently maligned – c.f. “TPS Reports” in the movie …
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Simple Tools, Advanced Users
When you first start out as a professional project manager, you typically have had some informal project management experience as …
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