In "The Godzilla Principle" I share the concept of the same name from Mark S. Dobson's book "Streetwise Project Management". 

'Portfolios Programs and Projects' is a quick reminder of the top down hierarchy between Portfolios (highest) Programs and Projects (lowest).

In 'The Art of the SBAR' I share the Situation Background Assessment Recommendation (SBAR = "ess-bar") to discuss issues with leaders.

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Sharing lessons I learned recently while optimizing my blog posts using the Yoast SEO plugin for the peopleprocessprogress.com website.

Inspired by a stay at home mom that had been out of the workforce who I advised to think about how she could map her life experience as she considers getting into project management. Also some thoughts for hiring managers to not discount the hundreds or thousands of repetitions parents get in managing tasks and milestones on the homefront.

Sharing U.S. Marine Corps Officer standards as outlined by Gen. James Mattis (USMC, Ret.) in his book Call Sign Chaos and how we as Project Managers can apply them to our field.

In EMS and Healthcare we are taught to not get tunnel vision by looking only at the monitor and not paying attention to our patient’s signs and symptoms. As Project and Program Managers we should follow the same sentiment and not get locked into only how good our KPI‘s are tracking but should dive deeper into how the people are or are not adapting to the output of our projects.

We go chasing waterfalls in this one…Project Management Waterfall, that is! Join me on this audio tour of Waterfall Project Management.

Key Focus Areas:

• Project Intake
• Project Phases
• Initiation
• Planning
• Execution
• Monitoring
• Closing

On this Foundations Friday 54 I share four key definitions from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and practical considerations that can help Program and Project Managers determine whether they are still in project mode or supporting operational task completion.