The Nimble PM

I was just reviewing a presentation for a client and the light bulb just went on.  The presentation discussed the common problem with having too many projects that don’t actually further the strategy and the presentation seemed to imply that this was a process compliance issue.  I can understand their perspective.  Layout the steps and [...]

Woke up a couple of weeks ago with the answer to something I’ve wondered about for years. Most management books tend to insist that anyone can be a leader and yet on a day to day basis most of us see dozens of situations where those who should be leading aren’t.  The answer to this [...]

Two weeks ago, between returning from a trip to Orlando for the PPM Summit and heading out again to Portland to speak at the Blues PMO summit, I decided to take a few minutes and catch up on my email.  As it always does with me — one click lead to another and before I [...]

A post by Wally Bock on his Three Star Leadership Blog got me thinking about our the working environment we create based on how we manage our PMOs, our programs, and our projects.   Over the years Mr. Bock’s has compiled a list of what people who have attended his class consider the hallmarks of [...]

Leadership is not based on formal authority.  Especially since, at the early levels of maturity, project management might still be approached on a somewhat informal basis. What this will generally mean to a PM is that the ability to form a team. focus the teams actions toward the agreed upon goal and deliver the project [...]