A popular topic during our project management seminars is the development of a project dashboard using Microsoft Project.  A project dashboard is often an executive view of the status of a project using colored indicators.  Common indicators are the schedule status and the budget status using green, yellow, and red traffic lights.  The example below […]

OK, this is a bit off topic, but I’m an Olympics addict.  In fact as I write this, I have the Olympic Games on in the background.  I don’t get much sleep during the two weeks of the Olympics. Watching the games on TV, I often stay up well past mid-night and turn on the HD […]

I just returned from China. No, I wasn’t there to attend the Olympics, but to witness a total solar eclipse. What does that have to do with project management? I’ll get to that in a moment.
First, a little background. I’m an amateur astronomer and an eclipse chaser. Many of you have probably seen a partial solar […]

Last week, I was leading a project management training session for one of our clients.  One of the attendees told me a funny story that recently happened to him during the go-live phase of his project.  First, a little background.Â
My client is a well know vendor in the healthcare industry.  When the company contacted me a few years ago to help […]