537 Ways to Screw Up A Project: Episode #122

There is a new episode of our ongoing PM satire. Episode #122 deals with how to screw up status reporting. Watch the team at Lonegan Enterprises do everything wrong, despite the best efforts of Stephanie Rollins who tries to implement the best practices. Join us for a good laugh and some interesting less ions...you may even see dumb things your organization does.

Regards,

Dick
Dick Billows, PMP, GCA
President 4pm.com

Project Estimating

The phrase "duration and cost estimates" sends shivers down the spine of most project managers because no matter how carefully you qualify the numbers they are instantly carved into stone. The most difficult estimates are the ones that you're asked for at the beginning of the project. You may be 10 minutes into your first conversation with an executive about a brand new project when you're asked, "how long will this take and what will it cost?"

For some reason executives have convinced themselves that anybody who's a project manager can come up with accurate estimates with little or no data. The gut wrenching part of this is that your project will be view it as a failure, no matter how fantastic the deliverable, if you miss those initial estimates.

Read the article about estimating and then add your comments and ideas to the blog.

The best regards,

Dick

Dick billows, PMP, GCA
President 4PM.com