Products and services, projects, and processes all need to add value to be strategically viable. This applies regardless of the type of organization – small, medium, or large company; startup; government entity; or non-profit. Lean innovation management originated from startups, but is applicable in helping bring a startup mentality to a variety of types of … Read more
Digital technology has disrupted industries and created widespread opportunity for value creation. How can organizations find their place in this new order? What are the new strategic opportunities? In part, the answer lies in developing custom strategies and implementing projects to position the company in the appropriate business ecosystems. It goes beyond what the firm … Read more
The subject of goal setting is as old as the hills! Nonetheless, goal setting and goal achievement continues to be elusive – if you do not consciously and proactively keep after it. This post explores a well-known approach to goal setting and achievement – SMART criteria goals – and what you can do to squeeze … Read more
The annual performance review is somewhat of an institution in the corporate world, public and not-for-profit organizations, and smaller companies. But it is changing – and project management stands to be a driver in the change. As the pace of change continues to accelerate, annual review mode of doing business has grown tired and outmoded … Read more
Tracking results makes sense on any project, or any endeavor. There are many frameworks that can help you track results – and people have been tracking results long before the existence of these frameworks! So why would you need a tracking framework, what makes one special or unique over another, and how would you go … Read more
I am a believer in extracting best practices, wherever we can find them, and incorporating them into my own challenges. As a project manager, you have customers on your projects. Some of your projects may actually be to support customer experience (CX) – many digital strategy projects are. This post provides some background that may … Read more
The Balanced Scorecard is an interesting approach that, at the time or its origination, called to the attention of managers that there was more to measuring performance than just financial results. One of the originators, Dr. Robert Kaplan, was the Dean of the business school are Carnegie Mellon when I attended, and he was an … Read more
This article explores a strategic team building approach. It first takes into consideration the needs of the project specifically, but also the greater organizational needs. It can apply to organizations that primarily do internal projects, or to ones that do projects as a business. To build a strategic team to staff a project, there are … Read more