At What Stage is your company’s PM: "AD Lib Projects" or "Resource Grid Lock infighting?"

At Tier #1, projects are few, simple and fun but by Tier #3 its disorganized chaos with too many projects, too few people and way too many priority #1 projects. Learn the challenges and opportunities for project managers at each of the 5 tiers so you know the best way to survive now plus how to get ready for what’s coming next to your organization’s project management world. Read the article

Best Regards,
Dick Billows, PMP
President of 4pm.com

Status Reports That Stupefy

All too often project managers give status reports that undermine their credibility and give executives little information on which to base decisions. What’s even worse, bad status reports don’t give early warning on big problems. Let’s look at some common but useless ways to report status and then talk about the best practices techniques to use on your status reports.

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Dick Billows, PMP
President 4pm.com

Cross-functional Projects: Is Conflict All They Deliver

Succeeding on cross-functional projects is a survival  requirement for many organizations.  But  these projects require that we handle authority, workloads and rewards  differently.  When we don’t, the  cross-functional effort usually follows a downward spiral of conflict and blame  avoidance. Read the article
Dick Billows, PMP. GCA

President 4pm.com