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.

The PM Business – Where to Start

So you keep hearing that if you could do a 1099 (US Record of payment for labor) you could be taking home more money for your jobs. This is true, but not without some effort.  I will be discussion in the next few posts on going from employee, to contractor, to vendor as a project

 Agile Work

A wonderful way to work a project is to build as you go, no deadlines, just an environment where you can do your best work, without pressure, without impacts that have nothing to do with your project, with the best resources and an unlimited budget. But that rarely happens. A one of the truest tenants

Email – Gartner’s Strategic Predictions for 2018 & Beyond – https://www.cioinsight.com

Dear info@projectfromzero.com, info@projectfromzero.com (info@projectfromzero.com) wants you to read the following article . Gartner’s Strategic Predictions for 2018 & Beyond – www.cioinsight.com Published by: Samuel Greengard Published on: 2017-10-20 This article can be found online at the following location: https://www.cioinsight.com/it-management/innovation/slideshows/gartners-strategic-predictions-for-2018-and-beyond.html/

True Status – WHEN EXACTLY?

When can you start? As soon as I get the image. AKA -> As soon as get the documentation, 3 VM’s setup, demo PC’s, confirm my temp resource, and get the image When will the PC arrive? In a few weeks. AKA ->, we manufacture in Mexico, then it ships to Texas before it ships

True Status – Your Bosses’ Deliverables

Looking back on a project I had where my manager was responsible for delivering a configured server, I see now how important marking tasks as “delayed” every time it applies. The “In Progress” status may not tell the whole story and thus adding “Deferred” “Delayed” “Waiting On” can be used to ensure the true overall

Series: Why Projects Fail – Who Knows Part 2

Sometimes I cringe when I see literally 40 people in the address box on an email however for a large project that might even be too few.  As we use email as discussion boards, Replying All with each follow-up question and 2nd thought and clarification, it can be a long thread of information that doesn’t

Series: Why Projects Fail – Who Knows Part 1

In a large global project, about 7 months in, as a listener of an exchange between 2 divisions within the company, I was taken aback when someone uttered “we were not brought into this at the beginning.”  I realize there are some people that don’t need to participate until much later in the process however

Series: Why Projects Fail – Acts of God

I suspect the phrase Acts of God is most amusing to the One with whom it attempts to label which activities are especially His.  Insurance companies fall on this when referring to severe weather causing catastrophes, an uncontrollable force where the outcome is unknown.  While I think we have a Bible that helps us know,

Series: Why Projects Fail – Overtime

It is simple math: your job requires 8 hours of work (really 6.5 with breaks, relationship building, non-work tasks at work) and you don’t have extra time in the day.  Since you started or since your company came up to capacity you have never had the occasion, say around 3:30pm, to say, “I have nothing