Project management articles, practical advise on how to apply the best practices with videos of PMs doing it the right way. See techniques based on our best practices from our Achievement-driven Project Methodology (AdPM) http://www.4pm.com project management The Hampton Group, Inc. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:47:23 -0600 dick.billows@4pm.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:40:09 -0600 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.4pm.com/images/4pmrss.gif http://www.4pm.com Project Management Training & Certification 105 77 Learn how to handle three of the really foolish things executives tell you to do with the project team. http://www.4pm.com/classes/videoplayer-sponsordemands-team.htm project management 9F71EC13-FB52-4023-A8E7-516C90F4B6A9 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:40:09 -0600 Learn about techniques that work and how other approaches lead to scope expansion each week without any increase to your budget or duration. http://www.4pm.com/articles/scope_creep.pdf project management 3F003F2D-90AE-490B-9148-94B479E3A83B Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:35:12 -0600 A few minutes of risk management on even the smallest project gets a good return for the effort. We just need to scale risk management so the payback is proportional to the cost. Here's our 3-tiered approach for projects of different scales and significance. http://www.4pm.com/articles/risk.pdf 4766A2DB-2A44-4C4B-B2ED-C9EE7A7A460B Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:37:51 -0700 We can gather requirements like one of Santa’s elves finding out what everyone wants. That encourages scope creep and late finishes. Listen as Dick Billows, PMP explains a better way that leads to project success. http://4pm.com/classes/videoplayerHCP-requirements.htm business 6C873541-DA85-4251-8D80-F00BEBB6E2F1 Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:33:00 -0700 Watch as a project manager with a “Crisis Project” battles to keep the executive team from descending into conflict. Then hear an expert’s advice on what they should have done. http://www.4pm.com/classes/videoplayerBlunders-Turf.htm business 56154618-1067-4ED2-B106-7E6D54E3CDC9 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:53:57 -0700 There are lots of ways to work with vendors on your projects and several contract types to choose from. But the best of all is a performance & achievement "triangle" that ties contractors to the project with the right incentives and penalties. http://www.4pm.com/articles/contractor.pdf 454F792F-1ED3-4176-8AD7-7B69BB92085C Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:27:40 -0700 During a project a PM faces three moments of truth with their team and how those MOTs are handled determines the fate of the project. Read about the wrong way to handle them and then the correct techniques to use. http://www.4pm.com/articles/TeamMOT.pdf Project management 5F09A644-C49C-4C17-ADF8-E8EC808A8409 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:56:01 -0700 We'll look at a project planning session and the typical mistakes project managers make by getting carried away with the technical details and falling into the activity trap. Then we'll look at the “best practices” way of conducting project planning and the kind of big picture thinking that's required for success. http://www.4pm.com/articles/project_planning.pdf Project Management 5465C831-03FF-472B-83CB-EC14E51D2E63 Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:20:58 -0700 Watch three executives ask nasty questions of a project manager. Then an expert explains how to handle each situation and steer the executive down the path to project success. http://www.4pm.com/articles/Best_Project_Practices/slideshow3.htm project management ED9F9DA2-F9C5-4C8B-887F-5F366A54515D Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:15:10 -0700 Project managers need soft skills and effective techniques to secure approval and gain support from stakeholders and commitment from their team. The foundation is an understanding of what business benefits the executives value. http://www.4pm.com/articles/Selling_projects.pdf Project Management BBAC5C67-624A-453A-A445-797E97B79731 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:30:50 -0700