I'm It! Now What?

I'm It! Now What?

You were selected to manage a project but you have always been a part of a project instead of the cat herder you will become. Let me help you figure out your very next steps and how to navigate to a successful completion.

UAT? JAD? Earned Value?

UAT? JAD? Earned Value?

There are many pieces to a successful project all of which are used to various degrees and sometimes even skipped. Let us help you with the necessities of your project and help you get valuable deliverables completed

Quit, Pregnant, Jail

Quit, Pregnant, Jail

Changes can happen at critical times but it's not the end of the world. Let us help you explore strategies to stay or get back on track in the midst of your resource challenges and staffing surprises.

Project Rescue – Hijack/Education

Just when you thought you had everything worked out, here comes Mr/Ms big idea.  Often, it is someone who is either not computer savvy, as in doesn’t use one much, or holds a PhD IT scientist certificate in their mind. Changing your planned work, after all of your meetings, collaborations, accommodations, and compromises for multiple

Project Rescue – Cost

Many times we come across cost challenges in our projects.  Often, funds are removed in the middle of planning and sometimes execution.  At other times a natural disaster, union strike, or other unplanned event can exhaust our monetary resources. When this happens to you, there are some ways you can mitigate before determining you need

Resource Swap

It’s been several weeks.  You have discussed and researched and made decisions for a certain area of your project.  Your counterparts seem to have the information they need and everything is going smoothly. You dial in for a typical weekly meeting and instead of the familiar host, you find out they have gone and have

Windows 10 Upgrade – Licensing

Oh my, if ever there was a complicated subject, it is Windows Licensing! Actually, when you can wrap your head around the details, it doesn’t begin to make sense.  But until then, oh my! We know Microsoft is moving everything to a subscription model.  No more disks, and patches and updates.  Instead if they can

Windows 10 Upgrade – Security

Security has come a long way from in the last 20 years.  In IT, we didn’t really have to think about insecure software libraries, vendor vulnerabilities, or zero day. But we do now. You must ask the question regarding application security, did the developer borrow code and was it vetted You must explore with networking

Windows 10 Upgrade – QA

Quality Assurance, we don’t even say the words anymore but it exists to ensure we release stable code onto stable devices resulting in the ultimate goals of the hardware and software working together without defects, issues, and customer facing problems. At least that is the case with Windows 10 and printers or scanners or any

Windows 10 Upgrade – Communications

IT is going to change your life for the better! Any change in routine from one work day to another can be considered an enemy of my productivity so I feel for my users when my project will make a change, however small or great, in their everyday work life. With security increasingly an issue,

Windows 10 Upgrade – Lockdown Considerations

In my experience, companies tend to either let their employees have all access all the time to their computer or lock it down so you need a help desk ticket to change the colors. Increasingly, because of cyber threats of hackers taking over PC’s, more and more firms are locking down their systems. This not

Windows 10 Upgrade – How’d We Get Here

Recently hired for another Windows 10 project, the Windows marketplace remains true to its last minute upgrade reputation. Maybe it’s just humans, too many other tasks that are put in front, issues that are more critical than an End of Life for your operation systems, who knows. In the end, an urgent status is created

The PM Business – Packaging Your Expertise

Everyone has a niche they consider routine but for someone somewhere, their knowledge is like gold. I mean from common to scientific, everyone can be of value to someone. Motherhood, you would agree is quite common.  One never having siblings might be able to figure out a diaper.  However, day-to-day newborn infant care, that’s not