From the category archives:

project control

Engaging Leadership for Not-So-Dumb Project Questions

by Hal on February 20, 2009

in PM practice, PMI, collaboration, project control

An engaged workforce musters the courage to ask the dumb questions. It takes steady leadership to make that happen.

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Not-So-Dumb Project Management Questions, Time to Vote

by Hal on February 20, 2009

in PM practice, leadership, project control

Readers of Reforming Project Management select the top 42 dumb project management questions

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Looking for 32 or more Dumb Project Management Questions

by Hal on February 12, 2009

in PM practice, PMBoK, PMI, project control, project planning, project scheduling

Help generate a list of great dumb project management questions

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Top 10 Dumb Project Management Questions

by Hal on February 5, 2009

in PM practice, PMI, project control

Effective project controls requires asking the ‘dumb’ questions.

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The Future of Project Controls — Five Years Later

by Hal on November 30, 2008

in project control, theory

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Rules of Lean Project Management

by Hal on November 9, 2008

in Last Planner, lean, project control, project planning, project scheduling

Claude Emonde introduces fundamentals of lean project management

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Why Do Deadlines Matter?

by Hal on May 24, 2007

in CPM, leadership, project control, project planning, project scheduling

Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer makes a strong case that deadlines are the friend of accomplishment.

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Say “No” without Guilt or Embarrassment

by Hal on May 13, 2007

in Language Action Perspective, books, project control

Project management made simple…promise not to perform. Saying No is an act of responsibility to the PM and the project team. Lean how to say No positively from William Ury.

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Use a Gantt Chart as a Conversation Starter

by Hal on January 28, 2007

in project control, project planning

Gantt charts in combination with measures of planning reliability help you answer the two questions, “How is the project going?” and “When will we be done?”

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What Has the Gantt Chart Done for You Lately?

by Hal on January 7, 2007

in project control, project planning, project scheduling

How does the Gantt chart help you manage your project?

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Why Project Managers Can’t Manage Projects

by Hal on November 2, 2006

in PM practice, project control, project planning, theory

Is project management even possible? David Schmaltz thinks not.

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Hidden Project Factory

by Hal on October 30, 2006

in PM practice, construction, lean, project control

Lean construction approaches for eliminating the hidden factory.

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What to Do when You’re Slipping

by Hal on October 23, 2006

in Language Action Perspective, PM practice, project control

Avoid project slippages by creating an environment where people will speak up.

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Brazilian Actions for Continuous Construction Flow

by Hal on July 25, 2006

in IGLC, project control, project planning

IGLC-14: Production Planning and Control

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Sharing PPC Results in Trust-Worthiness

by Hal on July 25, 2006

in IGLC, Last Planner, lean, project control, project planning

IGLC-14: Production Planning and Control

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Phase Planning Today

by Hal on July 25, 2006

in IGLC, project control, project planning

IGLC-14: Production Planning and Control

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Invite Performers to Decline

by Hal on July 4, 2005

in Language Action Perspective, PM practice, project control

Saying “Yes” when meaning “No” leads to breakdowns for you and your team mates. There’s one action you can take to get the no you need to get. Learn more…

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Games Project Teams Play

by Hal on April 20, 2005

in project control, project scheduling

What can happen when we take our attention off the quality and velocity of task completions? Johanna calls it “Schedule Chicken”.

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Weekly Project e-Tip: Keep the Project Mission Alive

by Hal on May 21, 2003

in project control, tips

In this Project e-Tip I am introducing actions the project manager/leader can take for organizing and keeping a project on track. Try it out. Try speaking about the project mission for six weeks. I’m not kidding! It takes that much repetition to convey the seriousness and to make it stick. [...]

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Set It and Forget It? Hardly!

by Hal on October 31, 2002

in PMBoK, project control, theory

Project controls espoused theory isn’t working. The good news is the theory-in-action can keep us out of trouble.

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How Do Project Controls Work?

by Greg on October 18, 2002

in Last Planner, PM practice, project control

We all know the way they are supposed to work. It goes like this — A variance from standard is detected in the reports, the cause for variance determined by managers who take action. Or at least it is supposed to work this way. Can anyone give me an example where this has worked? I [...]

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