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Do you really believe that to be the case? I probably did at some point, but that has definitely changed over the years. They key is to ask the right questions up front that will help you gauge the level of solution knowledge your customer has when coming to you for a project.

A quick overview of a construction project life cycle to allow us to compare it in our heads to what we normally see on a daily basis in our IT engagements. Read the full article.

With cost and efficiency dominating the corporate agenda in today’s constrained operating environment, the ability to compare and contrast planned versus actual time and costs provides professional services firms with greater visibility and tighter control of performance in billable markets where time is money.  

As project managers, we certainly always want to get our projects off on the right foot from the start of a project, right?  We want to do anything possible that we can do to ensure the success of our project and there’s no better start than having everything in order as we prepare to embark on kicking off the project. 

Why is it that time and time again projects end up with bad requirements? Why do the same project experiences and nightmares seem to happen over and over again? Imagine this scenario - and it may hit home with you so it might not take too much imagination. You are an intelligent and confident leader. Let's say you're in charge of the project and you have a leadership role in seeing that requir ...

Having almost exclusively only dealt with and led IT software projects throughout my career, I’ve always been intrigued by the area of construction project life cycle. Though with my background, getting in the door – even on a consulting basis – to gain that experience just hasn’t happened or the timing was just never right – either in the Midwest or in Las Vegas during the housing boom. So runni ...

When you’ve reached the end and deployed the solution, then it’s time to make sure everything has been completed, all paperwork is done, and no stones are left unturned. The key to closing a project successfully is to plan in closure from the beginning. 

“Begin with the End in Mind.”  This is a quote from Stephen Covey and it is Habit # 2 of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  I was recently reminded of this quote by a post on Twitter and it struck me…this is key thinking for Project Managers and, in fact, all business professionals who have responsibility for success in some facet of their existence.  Begin with the end in mind.

Assumptions shape the work we’re doing on a project, they influence requirements, and if poor, they can cause major problems with the work we’re performing for our customers.