Very pleased to present at Project Management Institute New York City chapter on Agile social media. Longtime PMI volunteer, Steve Nosal, and myself …
Lean into social media
Social media stresses compression of more with less. The more is information, the less is time. Time to read, react, and …
5 ways SharePoint intranets improve change management
Constant change relies on constant sharing and I have found Microsoft’s SharePoint application, a powerful enterprise, change management tool.
SharePoint provides multiple ways to build a portal where your organization can not only see latest announcements but participates in discussions and contribute to shared learning. more flexible than formal training and more widely available.
In the last 12 months SharePoint, has radically altered the way I design any change management effort I roll out. Good intranet design with change management efforts to link communication change principles, provide a host of change management options.
Scope or: how to manage projects for organization success; communication template
Project communication is far bigger than the project team. No project succeeds without stakeholder motivation and a proper communication plan to address their motivations, needs, and goals. Project communication is an effort to build commitment, understanding, and ownership around the project impact to people, process, and technology.
This template provides a planning tool to meet stakeholder communication needs. With this you can plan what to communicate, when to communicate, how to communicate, and measure communication performance.
Fast Start — Is your project doomed?
Fast Start conversation:Â Â Â Most projects fail. Well, greater than 50% do. So, If the majority fail, why do they fail? They are …
How social media trumps marketing — presentation for Project Management Institute
Today was a privilege to present to the Project Management Institute. Full slides available to view and download below. Also a Community …
2 recommendations to manage social media engagement for Project Management Institute — New York
In a volunteer organization or non-profit, spreading the word on opportunities to connect and share is where social media shines. When …
Project management is not a process, but a promise
A project introduces something new. New requires change from what was to a promise of what will. The project deliverable, or …
Getting it done versus getting it accomplished
Some people, and some organizations, can confuse very elemental operational concepts. Â The confusion is tough to trace to a culture issue …
Business strategy failures are project management failures
The essence of strategic change is not a new direction, but a series of directives. What to start, what to stop, …
Recap: Scope or: how to manage projects for organization success
A recap on my series of six blogs around project scope. Includes links to slide deck and customizable templates: 1 of 6 — …
Scope or: how to manage projects for organization success; stakeholder analysis template
A stakeholder is anyone, or group, who can positively or negatively affect the outcome of the project. This post introduces two Excel template worksheets for stakeholder identification and management.
Prior to a project’s go-ahead this template identifies groups and individuals with a stake in the success, and failure. The effort makes sure we understand the key concerns and motivations of these audiences in order to mitigate risk to over-look or under-appreciate stakeholder position.