Understanding the customer and how to determine their “real” requirements. On the surface, requirements gathering would seem to be a rather simple process of just sitting down with the customer and asking them what they want. It’s been my experience, however, that requirements are a lot like minerals found in nature. They are rarely found

Adequate communications with BOTH the customer and the project team is key. Communications is a critical component of any successful project. It governs not only how well the project team works together, but also impacts the public perception of how well the project is going. Communications is a multi-faceted function that serves a variety of

“Common Sense” Project Management (Part 2) (Strong project leadership and enlightened “people” management.) I almost consider the term “project manager” a misnomer. Successful projects are “led”, not “managed”. Projects are too dynamic to lend themselves to just being managed. What are the hallmarks of a good project leader? I believe that a strong leader possesses

It has often been said that there is nothing “common” about common sense. Nowhere have I found that truer than in the area of project management. The intent of this series of blogs is to explore some of the more common subjective reasons why some projects succeed and some fail. I believe that there are