Project Management Tools That Work

Visibility – The Fifth Project Planning Secret

Bruce Benson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:16:35 +0000

The official project management plan is logically critical to the success of any effort and should be reflected in your project management tools. However, too many organizations keep their plans restricted or hidden for various reasons. This almost always sacrifices focus and productivity. The fifth insight that helped our projects exceed expectations was to have a very visible plan at every stage of planning and execution.

The Official Plan: Four Project Management Planning Secrets

Bruce Benson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:01:30 +0000

The official project management plan you are following may not be all that official and may not be the plan your team is following. Getting the official plan and the current plan to be the same and reflected in your project management tools will help vault your project to success. Here are four insights that have made a huge difference in the effectiveness of our plans.

Yes Virginia, There Is A Project Management Plan

Bruce Benson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:36:44 +0000

Planning is a way of proactively knowing what you are doing, before you do it. However, there is always a plan running - even when you don't think you have a plan. Knowing this plan and accounting for it in your project management tools can vault you to success.

Get Out Of The Rut Of Solutions That Don’t Work!

Bruce Benson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:11:31 +0000

Your project management tools and solutions should fix the problem you are trying to fix. Too many solutions are just patches on the system and come from being an expert in applying patches rather than solving the underlying problem. You can get out of this rut, if you recognize it and are willing to make some tough choices.

You Really Can Know If Your Project Estimates Are Accurate

Bruce Benson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:46:23 +0000

The bottom line is that you can know if your project management tool estimating is accurate. More to the point, estimating in a project can be verifiably accurate.