The role of maturity models have become increasingly prevalent in project management. What are they, what do they do and how should the be used?
So Many Certifications, So Little Time…But Are They Delivering the Goods?
There are many organizational standards and certifications in the world, and a lot of confusion as to what they do. ISO 9000, CMM, project management maturity models; what are they, and do they relate? A brief survey of the major models and how they differ.
Redefining The PM Role
Project management is not simply about delivering scope. An early exploration of what it means to manage ensuring the delivery of business results.
Project Managers vs. Bean Counters
Accountants and project managers do not have the best of relationships. In part because they value different things, and have different appreciations of the role — and the expected accuracy — of project budgets. The challenge is to develop a more reasonable approach to developing project budgets.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Communicating Estimates To Your Customers
Project managers often have to commit to an estimate inordinately early. Despite the fact that we don’t know what we will do, precisely how we will do it or what all of the risks are, we’re expected to know exactly what it will cost. How can we manage communicating estimates in a way that is reasonable instead?
Say What You Want And Get What You Need
Project management is hard enough without our projects getting burdened with unreasonable estimates. Not only do estimates get imposed, but we as project managers don’t exactly help matters in how we communicate our estimates. So why does this happen so much, and what we can do about it?