Musings on project management

Appearances matter You've heard the expression: 'dress for success' Well, how about this tale: "This asteroid (B-612) has o...

Numbers are a PM's best friend Is this news? I hope not; I wrote the book Quantitative Methods in Project Management some years ago. (St...

You just got that dreaded call: your finance officer wants to talk to you about your project Ugh! The subject is "economic value add...

"They say" that competition fuels innovation (necessity is the mother of invention, etc). "They say" that without compet...

Admiral Hyman Rickover, father of naval nuclear powered ships and boats, on rules: "More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules ...

"Link and Buffer" is a leadership concept for a leader positioned between a governing board, to whom they must link the project, a...

"In carrying out the task assigned .... you will be governed by the principle of calculated risk ... which you shall interpret as avoid...