by Kiron Bondale | Mar 10, 2023 | Agile, improving project management, project management, Project performance
A question was posed on my Mastodon instance this morning about combining the roles of Product Owner and Agile Lead (e.g. Scrum Master). The requestor felt that this was a bad idea but wanted to get feedback on whether it was, in fact, possible to do so and under what...
by Kiron Bondale | Jul 31, 2022 | project decision making, project management, Project performance, Risk Management
The final (pre-election) article in my series covering my election run for city councilor of Ward 4 in Welland, Ontario shares some of the key risks I’ve identified with this project and how I’m responding to them. In general, most projects will have two broad...
by Kiron Bondale | Jun 21, 2022 | governance, improving project management, project decision making, project management, Project performance, Stakeholder analysis
One of the distinguishing characteristics of project work is that we are usually expected to deliver value in uncertain conditions while facing multiple constraints. While it is important for a team to understand the external constraints they have and to define...
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 | May 1, 2022 | improving project management, Operations, project management, Project performance, Project scheduling
Whether we are looking at project or operations, understanding what progress has been made with the individual work items owned by your team is part of a normal day or week’s work for most leaders. This information is critical to using tools such as earned value...
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...
