Musings on project management

"Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems" Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, USN Matthew Squair, a systems safety ...

You've got a job to do; you've sequenced and scheduled it. You've go the critical path in sight. Do you own it? Maybe not! Wha...

Ideas matter, but they do not matter as much as intellectuals and [market strategists] think they do. What matters far more is [project craf...

Bidding on large contracts often requires teaming with a rival(s) to fill gaps in skills and capabilities. One day you're trying to beat...

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

If you can't trust your people Or, you don't know your people well enough to trust them And, you can't replace the former Nor do...

Sometimes, our language idioms get in the way of the top three project management tasks: Communicate Communicate, and  Communicate! A few ex...