Book Nuggets

Project Story: A Manager in Love

Engineering brilliance vs. Financial reality.
What happens when a team of 100+ experts falls too deep in love with their work to see it sinking? Learn why “exit criteria” are just as vital as “success metrics” and how one company turned an epic 1990s failure into their biggest processor success yet.

Read More »
General

Project Management in the Face of the Coronavirus – A Personal View

Managing the Unpredictable: Project Leadership During a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just disrupt global health; it completely rewrote the rulebook for project management. Gone were the days of relying on physical war rooms and predictable resource pipelines.

In this shift, project managers had to evolve from task masters into empathetic leaders and agile pivot-specialists. This post explores how the industry navigated the sudden leap to remote work, the critical importance of mental health in team productivity, and why “business as usual” became a relic of the past. Whether you’re dealing with a global crisis or a localized project shock, the lessons learned during this era remain the ultimate blueprint for resilience.

Read More »
Book Nuggets

Dependencies Between Tasks

After the project has been broken down into appropriate level tasks in the work plan, any dependencies between various tasks must be determined and defined.

Read More »
Book Nuggets

Project Milestones

Along with compiling a detailed list of project tasks, it is necessary to identify and define the various milestones that will help track the project’s

Read More »
Book Nuggets

Project Stakeholders

The main stakeholder in any project is the client. The client is the one whose needs are the driving force behind the project and is

Read More »