What the IRS Can Teach Us About End User Acceptance … and Adoption
We all accept that we have to pay taxes. Do we welcome April 15th with open arms? Nope. The difference between end user acceptance and end user adoption.
6 Project Management Lessons from Baseball
Whether you’ve spent hours in the stands or don’t know an RBI from HBO, baseball can offer us lessons on life and project management.
Measuring the Success of New Technology Implementations. And Power Drills.
Measuring project success right after implementation is akin to evaluating how well your new drill looks in the box on the way home from the hardware store.
“I’ve got good news, and I’ve got bad news: You are not a decision maker.”
We can’t all be decision makers all of the time. When someone mistakenly thinks they are a decision maker, how do you tell them they are not?
How to Keep Your Project Charter from Gathering Pixel Dust
It’s easy to draft a project charter, then not look at it again. These tips will make sure your project charter carries you through the project lifecycle.
Five Rules of Engagement for Working with a Project Management Consulting Firm
5 Rules of Engagement for working with your Project Management Consulting Firm
What Can Golf Teach Us About Project Management?
From selecting the right tool for the job to developing a repeatable swing (or process) there are many lessons the project manager can learn from golf.
Project Management and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance
An interview with Keith Parker, Principal at Trillium Professional Services, about the STP bike ride and project management.
5 Key Steps to Identifying User Requirements: A Lesson from Rosie the Dog
Five tips from Rosie the Dog for identifying user requirements to help ensure end user adoption of your IT projects.
“I Can’t be Overdrawn. I Still Have Checks Left”: Project Portfolio Management and Checkbooks
Why you need an organized and methodical way of taking on new projects within your organization for effective project portfolio management.