Wrong people on the wrong job Crypto-fascist management Prima Donna or maverick team members Stupid project managers ‘Hole in the wall’ offices and facilities Death march project mentality Reinvent the universe project objectives ‘Throw more people’ at the project attitude ‘We’re all behind you’ attitude by stakeholders Project creep and more creeps Gold plating …
Software and the Internet are today’s hot Brand U projects. Software development is hot and sexy. These software projects range from small projects to enterprise wide applications. Small projects may require three people to work for three months. Or, mega-projects can occupy hundreds of people for years such as writing millions of line of code …
Some of life’s simplest and mundane activities are also projects even though they’re not as visible, expensive, or monumental as landing a person on the moon. The phenomenal proliferation of day planners attests to Brand U’s projectizing their work and daily life. Day planners or electronic planners schedule our activities, in other words managing these …
The first Brand U engineering projects can be traced to Egyptian or Mesopotamian pyramids then to Greek and Roman engineering marvels. Many ancient monuments are similar to what we do today in scale and complexity. Think how these ancient projects incorporated many of the same features used in today’s projects. These ancient architects pushed their …
Project Management Institute Core Project Processes Integration management: Ensures all key elements of the project are properly coordinated. Scope management: Ensures all key project activities are successfully addressed. Time management: Ensures timely completion of the project. Cost management: Ensures most effective use of project team members. Quality management: Ensures stakeholder needs are satisfied. Human resource …
Managing by projects is not new. It’s been used by highly creative and high value added organizations such as R&D, architectural, legal, engineering, and consulting groups. Now, Brand U project teams can be found in hospitals, schools, manufacturing, defense, banking, food, and government. Many daily activities such as baking a pie, servicing a customer, cutting …
Managing by projects or projectizing work is hot – blistering hot! The idea behind projectizing a business is to treat all work as integrated Brand U projects that are completed on time and on budget while satisfying multiple stakeholders. Several converging trends also make project management more critical. The marketplace is global and more stakeholders …
Shared authority and responsibility Access to organizational resources Rapid response to customers Conflicts resolved quickly Available Information and resources Job security and availability for team members Rapid deployment of specialists and team members Shared knowledge, skills, and other resources
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I push in just one direction, not in every direction. Rita Levi-Montalcini, Scientist The high-impact project is the gem … the nugget … the fundamental atomic particle from which the new white collar world will be constructed and/or reconstructed. Tom Peters I find the great thing in this world is, not where we stand, as …