Comments on: Step-by-Step Project Management http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/ The magazine for the project age Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:41:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Kevin Brady http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-5486 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:00:22 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-5486 The list is great. Agree with Timothy. I would only like to add one thing to this list which in my view is at the heart of project management is good risk and issue management. If you don't have good risk /issue resolution or mitigation processes with trackable risk /issue ownnership with progress monitoring the project unless its a very small one come to a grinding holt similar to pooring sand into the sump of the engine. The list is great. Agree with Timothy. I would only like to add one thing to this list which in my view is at the heart of project management is good risk and issue management. If you don’t have good risk /issue resolution or mitigation processes with trackable risk /issue ownnership with progress monitoring the project unless its a very small one come to a grinding holt similar to pooring sand into the sump of the engine.

]]> by: Timothy Johnson http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-4414 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:22:20 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-4414 Lee - pretty comprehensive list (caveat... for an outline). It's actually refreshing to see somebody keep project management simple and understandable. We have so many people out there trying to make it too academic. Simplicity and understanding (with impact) was my own goal when I wrote my project management fable, Race Through The Forest (see www.carpefactum.com). I've already received emails from clients telling me how they've customized the concepts to fit their own project cultures... that was probably your goal as well, wasn't it, Lee? Hal - thanks for weighing in on this topic... good to see some straightforward common sense once in a while. Lee - pretty comprehensive list (caveat… for an outline). It’s actually refreshing to see somebody keep project management simple and understandable. We have so many people out there trying to make it too academic. Simplicity and understanding (with impact) was my own goal when I wrote my project management fable, Race Through The Forest (see www.carpefactum.com). I’ve already received emails from clients telling me how they’ve customized the concepts to fit their own project cultures… that was probably your goal as well, wasn’t it, Lee?

Hal - thanks for weighing in on this topic… good to see some straightforward common sense once in a while.

]]> by: Hal http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-4337 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:23:10 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-4337 Lee, thanks for leaving your comments. Lee, thanks for leaving your comments.

]]> by: Lee Iwan http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-4336 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:07:56 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/05/31/610/#comment-4336 I am in complete agreement that leader-managers are the key to successful completion of any project. It's all about people. It's all about motivating them and making realistic deadlines. Teamwork....It's NOT easy. You are correct that the participants can say NO, and also about misinterpretation....two real and huge problems. Many projects die or are abandoned due to these issues. The outline is just that, an outline for beginners....each individual must take a look at their group participants and determine what must be tweaked in order to make it work. Thanks for your input! I am in complete agreement that leader-managers are the key to successful completion of any project. It’s all about people. It’s all about motivating them and making realistic deadlines. Teamwork….It’s NOT easy.

You are correct that the participants can say NO, and also about misinterpretation….two real and huge problems. Many projects die or are abandoned due to these issues.

The outline is just that, an outline for beginners….each individual must take a look at their group participants and determine what must be tweaked in order to make it work.

Thanks for your input!

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