Dr. Hank: You have developed great expertise in Project Management. How did you get interested in this field? Terry: My love of projects began in high school when I launched a small rocket loaded with guppies. That project earned national press coverage and motivated me to study aerospace engineering. During a summer internship at NASA, [...]

Global Knowledge recently released a whitepaper that discusses what the formal project management is and who needs it. For the purpose of this discussion, I will to refer to PM activities in the absence of operating guidelines as “informal” project management. By contrast, project management that takes place within the restrictions of an imposed set [...]

Most IT projects involve geeks. I guess 99 percent of the team is geek.  All I can say is that geeks are just like you and me, only smarter, more skillful, and more serious with their craft. In other words, they’re a joy to work with. About a couple of years ago, Chief Happiness Officer, [...]

This may be a form of review on your project deployment. But it’s a good guide for those who are about to start a new project, too. In every project, it’s really good to start and end with the same people or team. That way, all of you understands the project, what it entails, what [...]

It’s true! Leaders or managers have closed minds or are set in their ways. If this is the general case, then no wonder conflicts arise in the organization, which they often term as politicking. I’m just lucky that my Boss listens to me, and takes my suggestions well—oftentimes, too well. But for those who are [...]

It used to be that quality people would go, If it ain’t broke, then leave it as is. Not  anymore. If it ain’t broke, then improve it. Just because your projects are all running and seemingly smoothly, it doesn’t mean  you can sit back and relax. At least not with website projects. Websites are probably [...]

Project Management Blog emphasizes the importance of synchronizing Business goals with PMO goals. “It is imperative to understand the overall Business goals of an Organization while it comes to executing Projects.” Program and Project Management blog over at Toolbox for IT suggests project management solutions that help managers monitor reports efficiently. “It is for this [...]

First the facts: According to IDC: U.S. mobile workforce expected to grow to 73% of total U.S. workforce in 2011. Across the world 30.4% of the workforce will be mobile in 2011. [Source: IDC, Worldwide mobile worker population 2007-2011 forecast, Doc #209813, December 2007] According to Nemertes: Nemertes estimates that the number of virtual workers [...]

As a project manager, or any other kind of  manager for that matter, this is always the case. You hold responsibility for everything even the shortcomings of your team. So whenever somebody questions the performance of any member of my team, I feel defensive. That is because I feel that I have been remiss in [...]

Finally, we have a system that checks on remote employees. The software requires the employee to download it and every time he starts working for the day, he must sign on to it. Called AGLM, it looks and works like a chat messenger. There is also a message board where the remote employee and the [...]