Category Archives: Project Management

Add Value, Not Complexity

Very often IT professionals have to pick up where many others have left off. All things started somewhere, but very few of us actually get to experience the ground floor and understand the mentality during the time a system was first conceived and created, especially in large organizations. What started off as a novel idea or approach […]
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Working Ridiculously Long Hours is a Sign that Something is Wrong

Ever find yourself bragging about working a 60, 80 or even 100 hour work week or publicly complaining on social media about that incessantly heavy workload of yours? This is not a badge of honor. It is generally a sign that something is wrong, and it could be the way you go about your work. […]
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Lessons in Startup Project Management Part II: The Tools

In a previous post I tried to dispel some of the myth of how entrepreneurs in “hip” startups perceive project management.  It is not (well, it doesn’t have to be) a stodgy, stifling bureaucratic nightmare, and, on the other hand, just calling your operations “Lean” or “Agile” does not mean it is effective project management. […]
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Houston, we have a problem…in startup project management

Today I’m talking about failures to launch, for software products that is.  Consider this here a brief introduction for future lectures in essential startup project management because this is an epidemic amongst inexperienced entrepreneurs looking to get in on a red hot dot-com 2.0 industry.  Lets start with a few questions: Are you pushing out […]
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