Project Lessons Learned

If we just keep doing what we have always done, we will always get the same result; we will simply perpetuate past mistakes and will never break through the limitations of our habits. As a general rule of life, it is very important to learn how to avoid repeating previous mistakes and how to duplicate the successes of the past.…

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Estimating Project Completion

One of the most common questions asked by the client and other stakeholders is “When will the project be completed?” They all want to hear the same confident answer: “On time and according to plan.” It is a project manager’s job to do everything possible to fulfill this expectation. At the same time, the project manager should avoid buckling under…

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Flattening Control

It is known that the larger a project, the greater the chance that it will fail. Excessive content that is not really necessary does not contribute to their success. The temptation to do a lot and sometimes even too much, stems from the pressure to develop newer, faster, bigger, more powerful, more impressive and better products and services, especially in…

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Evaluating Priorities

The priorities of the tasks in the project are not necessarily static throughout the entire project. Therefore, the original priorities must be evaluated periodically and updated as needed. It is inadvisable to wait until the client reports a change, since by that point project resources might have been invested inadvertently in low priority goals, which may lead to progress on…

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Gate Control

‘Gate Control’ is executed at the end of each major stage in the project. This is done by defining certain milestones as gates. Senior organizational representatives are responsible to be the ‘Gate Keepers’; they must authorize the advance of the project to the next stage.The Gate Keeper must evaluate the progress of the project and its status and then decide…

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