My team just completed an aggressive project to release a new, on demand, interactive report for our leadership. New business focus created the need for a different approach, so we undertook the challenge to rethink how we delivered this important data. We worked the project in what we lovingly call our “scrum butt” approach. It’s not [...] [...]
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 Max Walker -- Exploring project management in small or informal project environments. About Cottage PM About Max |
There. I’ve made the first pass at separating Professional social networking and personal social networking. I’ll do a little more of that over time, I think. Unfortunately, to do that requires the socially awkward and mildly offensive act of “unfriending” people on Facebook and rebuilding that network on LinkedIn. I made a huge point tonight of [...] [...] I sat in an informal briefing of a strategic project this week. It was clear that some really good work had gone into the project. I was particularly impressed and excited about the market research that had produced data that had been effectively translated to information that drove some important decisions and debunked some ingrained [...] [...] I just started helping out on a sister department’s project. My formal function on the team is to ensure that the end product/system/tools/etc are all fully reportable. I’m the metrics guy. But I quickly spotted room for some traditional PM tools and approaches, so I offered to help out. The offer was gleefully accepted. The key [...] [...] I’ve recently spent a little time with PM Prepcast. It’s an impressive package. Here are some quick notes for you. Installation / Access I was surprised to see that the PM Prepcast is delivered the same way Cornelius delivers his Podcast. I don’t know why I was surprised by that, but I was. It’s a remarkably smooth [...] [...] There are plenty of lists and rules and checklists and such out there for successful project management. Today, here’s my list. Tomorrow my list might be different. That doesn’t invalidate this list (can one even call 2 things a list?), but means tomorrow something else might suddenly matter more in my consciousness. Welcome to project management. [...] [...] One of the challenges in Cottage PM, I believe, is the problem of scale. Most PM literature deals with huge projects that require lots of PM processes and tools to scope them, manage them, and control them correctly. But what if you just want to learn some basics? How do you filter through the huge pile [...] [...] Found this today and couldn’t resist reposting. I think I’ve written on project status report updates before. You can totally over do them. Really. Your status update should inform, yes, but it can — should? — also motivate. Or de-motivate. You may need to create multiple status updates for different audiences: really high-level for the sponsor and stakeholders; more detailed [...] [...] Spotted this little gem on the ‘net today: Don’t you love that! OK, on one location where I saw it, the comments were all about where the various technologies really belonged on the graph. *sigh* I don’t know what many of those technologies are. But specific technologies aside, it’s a good glimpse into one of the challenges of project managers [...] [...] One of my avocations is directing choirs. I’m currently preparing an Easter-time performance of Rutter’s Requiem with a small choir of about 20. (Not nearly enough voices, but that’s not relevant to this writing.) My choirs are generally smaller than I’d like. Mostly because I won’t beg grown-up people to sing. As a PM, you’d think [...] [...] |
 
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