Tag: PM

Project team and structures (1/2)

During my career all kinds of teams has been working on the projects. The team size depends, and also the team structures. Let us discuss the different team structures and how to going through the team building phases. The team building phases are clearly written out by Donald Egolf in his Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing: …

Communication

In my journey to become a Program Manager there are many interesting books to read. One of them is “Program Management – A Life Cycle Approach” which is edited by Ginger Levin. It’s more or less a summary of the complete “Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series” of CRC Press. …

The Method Adoption Workshop

During my IBM career the method adoption workshop was used several times in the beginning of the project initiation. It’s conducted to expedite the project-planning process. The MAW is a group meeting that requires participation by all project stakeholders both for their expertise and to assure buy-in. It was providing a clear …

The wonderful world of Project Manager

So, project management. What is project management? These where the first thoughts when I was introduced to the wonderful world of scope, cost and schedule. I was studying Network Infrastructure Design and project management was one of the courses. I was immediately intrigued by the consistent and structured methodology. The …