Do you work in a projectized organization? Do you believe that we’ll project manage our work life? Do you volunteer or are selected for highly visible new projects? Why or why not are you selected? Do you believe that project managers will replace middle managers? What types of project tools do you use? Have you …
I’ve been a consultant for more than 20 years. Here are my final top 6 tips: Know your value proposition. What separates you from the rest of the consulting herd? Then price your services accordingly. I differentiate consultants into 4 categories: 1. How; 2. What; 3. Why; and 4. Who consultants. How consultants ($100/hr) know …
What’s a consultant? ‘Someone who takes your watch to tell you the time.’ Or, ‘someone 50 miles from home.’ We’ve all heard these jokes. The reality is there are many more of us telling time and being more than 50 miles from home working as consultants. Why are there these jokes? Most consulting is project …
I’m a risk taker. I’m a rush junkie. If I’ve got a great commercial idea, I don’t want to share it. What about you? Entrepreneurship is all about project management. What is your risk sensitivity? Are you risk taking, risk sensitive, or risk averse? If you like to take risks, one option is go out …
I’m been a project manager for more than 20 years. What I was doing and what I knew 20 years ago has changed dramatically. Project management is a whole new ball game. Project management has always been associated with work tools and techniques such as scheduling and network planning. However, project leadership is more of …
The harder you work, the luckier you get. Gary Player Project or itinerant work life is not for the faint hearted. A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that forty percent of us have incomes that rise or fall dramatically. The ‘feast and famine’ itinerant professional earns large sums of money when the economy …
The virtual team is a solution to the rapidly changing marketplace, organizational environment, and technological change. A virtual team is a group of highly talented people who work together as long as the project is being pursued. A virtual team may be in one workplace, be composed of telecommuters, or be worldwide linking many stakeholders. There’s …
One person recently quipped that project leaders are CEOs in training. Think about it! Within the scope of the project, the leader is responsible for facilitating all project activities that a CEO would have in a company. Let’s look at a copy areas where the PM must excel. The formation of a team involves both …
Have you noticed how functional and technical specialties have project manager in their titles? Why? A few years ago, Fortune Magazine called project management the ‘number one career choice’ of professionals. If you go through the classified section in the paper, project manager positions may be the most popular job. You see project management titles in …
In this new work environment, what’s the title and role of the person who brings all the resources together in the project team? Is the person a project manager, leader, coach, facilitator, or some other term? Project leadership is abstract, touchy-feely, and frankly difficult for many of us. The projectized organization looks and feels a …