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• Task dependencies

  Most projects require that some tasks are accomplished in a specific order. For example, in a publicity project, the marcomm firm will want the client to approve the design before it goes to press. When the client, the representative and the printer are... Posted Jul 11 2008, 08:00 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: time management, project management

• The power or "I don't know"

  As a project manager, we are the team's leader. It's easy to feel that we should have all the answers. Leadership is not knowing everything. Leadership is knowing where to find the knowledge and the answers. It's OK to say "I don't... Posted Jul 08 2008, 10:46 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Urgent VS important

  In project management, it's easy to confuse urgent with important. When something is urgent, it's usually assumed it must be important. No true. The fact that a specific report is needed in five minutes for the board meeting does not necessarily... Posted Jun 30 2008, 08:09 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, task priorities

• Before it gets started

  Before you join a project, before you even start planning it, it's important to take a moment to make sure it's worth the effort you're about to put into it. What is the goal of the project? Is the goal of this project clear? Do you know what... Posted Jun 20 2008, 08:26 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management

• A happy project team means better results for the project

  While it's old news in Europe, happiness at work is only slowly making its way into North American management values. I recommend you visit the Chief Happiness Officer to learn more about happiness at work. At the project management level, it's... Posted Jun 18 2008, 08:29 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Advertising your projects

  Advertising is an effective way to spread information. It gives you (the advertiser) control over what message you want to send. It also gives you control over who receives your message. One advertisement can reach thousands of people, way more effective... Posted Jun 16 2008, 01:22 PM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, communications

• Do you account for summer vacations?

  Here at Websystems, we are starting to feel the summer groove coming on: we are seeing more and more vacation automated replies to emails. More than that, it seems the summer season puts people in a different mood: happier and mellower. It makes our jobs... Posted Jun 13 2008, 09:53 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: time management, project management

• 10 good things about projects

  It seems we spend a lot of time talking about the negative side of project management: why it's there, how to fix it, how to prevent it. Projects are a good thing in an organization. Here are 10 good things about projects: Projects have a beginning... Posted Jun 11 2008, 09:17 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management

• Tragedy is made

  The quality of the leader will influence how the team can pick itself up from a misstep and go on. Regardless of the event, how one reacts to it makes a big difference on the consequences it will have. Bad things happen to good projects. When something... Posted Jun 09 2008, 10:34 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Now that you're late, how do you deal with it?

  Being late happens, even to the best projects. And when it happens, you need to deal with it. The longer you ignore a delay, the higher the chances of the delay growing longer. So how do you deal with a task being late in your project? Or the project... Posted Jun 06 2008, 10:36 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: time management, project management

• Get your fudge ratio

  Not, it's not how much fudge you can cram in yourself before you start feeling icky (although I wish!). The fudge ratio, as explained in this post from LifeHacker, reflects how good you are as estimating the time required to accomplish something.... Posted May 30 2008, 08:47 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: time management, project management

• Going global and the calendar

  Today is Memorial Day in the USA. In Canada, the May holiday was Victoria Day , on May 19th. Since a good part of our business is done with organizations outside of Canada, we have to pay attention to holidays happening in other countries. This means... Posted May 26 2008, 02:18 PM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• It's about trust

  It's easy to say you trust someone. It's harder to put it into practice. Let's say to assign a task to someone on your team. When the teammate flags that task as complete, do you trust her to have completed it, or do you go behind her back... Posted May 23 2008, 09:34 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Surviving a failed project

  I read an excellent post from Guy Kawasaki's blog, How to change the world. The post was an interview with Jerry White, the co-founder of Survivor Corps. The interview focused on the art of survival. How do you go on after a tragedy, how do you move... Posted May 14 2008, 10:18 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management

• PITAs and projects

  PITA is for pain in the a**. People who are PITAs really put a dent in any project. How can you detect a PITA? He/She focuses only on the negative aspects of the projects. What's going wrong, what's late, what hasn't been done correctly, etc... Posted May 09 2008, 09:23 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork