by G Gale | Apr 10, 2015 | Project and Product Delivery, Uncategorized |
Trusting your gut rarely works Many small and medium businesses experience issues developing new products. While they are likely to know their market well, they often lack the disciplines to determine how long it will take to bring a new product to market and...
by G Gale | Mar 3, 2015 | Project and Product Delivery, Uncategorized |
Even the Egyptians used Project Management Skills Just about every product you see on sale got there by a bunch of clever people designing and building it, but with a project manager behind the scenes making sure it was managed through to delivery. Everything...
by G Gale | Jan 22, 2015 | Project and Product Delivery, Uncategorized |
It’s a well-used axiom that failure is a very important step on the road to success and if someone tells you they’ve never failed, they’re either covering something up or they really haven’t done very much at all. I’ve known people who have experienced multiple...
by G Gale | Jan 11, 2015 | Project and Product Delivery, Uncategorized |
Don’t see the Auditor as a threat Too often the project auditor is seen as a threat rather than a help. When I’ve run big projects, I’ve always made a point of reserving some of the project budget to finance an independent audit i.e. someone completely...
by G Gale | Jan 5, 2015 | Project and Product Delivery, Uncategorized |
A great example of how to manage in a crisis was shown in the way that Tony Fernandes handled the crash of Air Asia flight Qz8501 in December 2014. Fernandes built his company from the ground up with a set of principles that he has consistently applied as his company...
by G Gale | Dec 3, 2014 | Project and Product Delivery, Uncategorized |
Whether you’re managing suppliers or in-house staff, it’s important that Project Managers get their people management right. The clue is in the title of ‘Project Management’, it’s about managing the project, not about writing the requirements or designing it. Too many...
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