by Wes Balakian | Feb 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Gold-plating the Deliverables Most project managers want to placate the customer. However, there are limits as to how far the project manager should go. Gold-plating the deliverables after the scope has been agreed to can be very costly. In addition, the customer...
by Wes Balakian | Feb 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Failing to Share Accountability with Functional Managers In the early years of project management, project managers possessed a command of technology. During staffing activities, project managers negotiated for specific resources which were then placed under the...
by Wes Balakian | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ignoring Problems All projects have problems. Inexperienced project managers believe that sufficient time exists to solve these problems only to discover that the costs of correcting these problems later on in the project life cycle was significantly more expensive...
by Wes Balakian | Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Over-reliance on Repeatable Processes Companies may spend years creating an enterprise project management (EPM) methodology. The intent is that the methodology will be used on all projects for all customers and from cradle to grave. While the intent has merit, EPM...
by Wes Balakian | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Preparing an Overly Ambitious Schedule The more inexperienced the project manager, the more optimistic he or she becomes when preparing the schedule baseline. While ambitious schedules are nice to have, they are often unrealistic and can make matters worse. Customers...
by Wes Balakian | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pretending to Know More than You Actually Do For the most part, project managers today possess an understanding of technology rather than a command of technology yet persist in trying to make technical decisions on the project. This usually infuriates line managers to...
