by Kiron Bondale | May 8, 2022 | improving project management, management failure, personal development, project management, Project performance
In a project-oriented structure where the project manager has people management responsibilities for their team members, it is expected that an individual’s performance on project work is the primary basis for their formal (HR) evaluation. But in a matrix structure,...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 17, 2022 | governance, improving project management, management failure, project decision making, project management
In the project management world, being a vigilante is rarely advisable. Managing a project without proper authorization is not keeping Gotham or your company safe. And the Commissioner Gordon of your organization is more likely to put you in Arkham Asylum than...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 10, 2022 | Agile, improving project management, lessons learned, management failure, Process Peeves, project management
I’ve written and spoken frequently about the many issues with holding infrequent lessons learned sessions. The good news is that many practitioners now recognize that it is much better to discuss and implement improvement ideas frequently over the life of their...
by Kiron Bondale | Mar 27, 2022 | Agile, improving project management, management failure, project management, Project performance
In 2003, Barry Boehm and Richard Turner coined the acronym C.R.A.C.K. to remind us of the key characteristics of an effective Product Owner: Collaborative – Are they able and willing to negotiate with stakeholders about needs, wants and priorities to come up with an...
by Kiron Bondale | Mar 6, 2022 | improving project management, management failure, project management, Project scheduling
This article was originally supposed to have been based on a poll I conducted this week on schedule compression techniques. However, a discussion from a project management fundamentals course I taught was too compelling to not share! While teaching the basics of the...
by Kiron Bondale | Nov 25, 2021 | Agile, communications, improving project management, management failure, project management
One of the clichés you will run across if you read enough articles or watch enough videos about agility is that we should be using the term as an adjective rather than as a noun. Here are a couple of examples of this misuse. “We are doing agile” Agile is an umbrella...
