Let's be honest, taking a vacation as a Project Manager can feel stressful. Even when you've earned the time off, there's often that lingering thought: "What if something goes wrong…
One of the most difficult conversations a project manager can have isn't about missed deadlines. It isn't about budget overruns. It isn't even about scope changes. It's when a customer…
As Father's Day comes to a close, I've found myself reflecting on two roles that have shaped much of my life: Being a father. And being a project manager. At…
Many organizations make the mistake of trying to become Agile overnight. They send employees to Scrum training, rename Project Managers to Scrum Masters, and expect immediate results. Successful Agile transformations…
Have you ever done what was best for the customer and still ended up in an uncomfortable conversation with a colleague? One of the hardest lessons I've learned as a…
I am often asked, how do you keep track of everything you do. I use a scrum dashboard. The easiest Scrum dashboard uses three columns to visualize Sprint work: To…
In project management and business analysis, requirements and estimation are tightly connected. One defines what needs to be done, while the other helps determine how much effort, time, and cost…
Have you ever heard "if everything is a priority, then nothing is?" Prioritization is one of the most important skills for both Project Managers and Business Analysts. Projects rarely fail…
Most project issues don’t start with the plan; they start with a misunderstanding. But instead of fixing the misunderstanding, we double down on process. We add more structure.More status reports.More…
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately; we still judge project success the same way we did years ago: On time On budget Within scope And sure—that still matters,…