Where to Find Risks

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”                                                                                                 – Douglas Adams As I mentioned in my previous post,  Risk Buffers – An Example, this post is dedicated to identifying …

Risk Buffers – An Example

“President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it’s a long commute to China to get those jobs.”                                                                                                 – Tom Daschle In The Schedule – Risk Buffers, the concluding post of a series on developing the well-formed schedule, I …

The Project Manager’s Cycle – Conduct Project Team Meeting

“Alright, let me take a few minutes to update everyone from the Sponsor meeting.  You got the minutes, but I’ll drive into some of the content between the lines.  Then we’ll go around and let everyone give their update.” I like to hold my project team meetings early in the …