Project Management

4 Steps to Effective Change Control

Cathlynn Carman, 

May 8, 2013

8 min read

Change control is something that is inevitable even with the most successful projects. I'm not sure I've ever worked on...

5 Interview Questions for Consultants

Lekan Oguntoyinbo, 

January 29, 2013

7 min read

A key to landing a consulting job is to answer interview questions with specific examples of previous challenges you've...

Less Project Paper Can Make Your Life a Lot Simpler

Cathlynn Carman, 

January 16, 2013

7 min read

One of the surprising discoveries made by early advocates of the "paperless office" was that very often emails, Word...

Aligning User Stories, Use Cases and Requirements

Stephen Lahanas, 

January 15, 2013

6 min read

In a previous post, I contended that requirements are still an important part of most enterprise environments, even...

How to Head Off a Project Failure

Cathlynn Carman, 

January 11, 2013

4 min read

What happens when someone forgets to do the very thing that absolutely had to be done? You know, that thing you were...

Agile or Not, Requirements Management Can’t Be Skipped

Stephen Lahanas, 

January 3, 2013

5 min read

These days, requirements management is often misunderstood or under-appreciated in IT. Many people have used migration...

Exiting Gracefully Now Can Land You a Job Later

Cathlynn Carman, 

January 2, 2013

3 min read

Sometimes you and a client must part ways, maybe even before your projects are completed. If you've decided that you're...

How Do You Apply Integrated Design?

Stephen Lahanas, 

December 3, 2012

4 min read

When people think about design they often visualize Apple’s products or a user interface. But design in IT is much...

5 Reasons ERP Projects Fail

Stephen Lahanas, 

November 27, 2012

5 min read

Enterprise Resource Planning projects tend to be rather large, risky affairs. For many organizations an ERP roll-out or...

How to Be Brilliant Without Alienating Anyone

Dawn Kawamoto, 

November 25, 2012

5 min read

Brilliance can get you only so far. Just ask Apple's ousted senior VP of iOS Scott Forstall, or Microsoft's former...