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Never Make the Project About the Technology

Written by Brad Egeland Is that cutting edge Cybersecurity technology making your CSO drool and ready to pay boo coos of internal dollars on a bleeding edge tech project to showcase at the next user conference or Black Hat digital security convention?   Is that latest platform recently available to showcase your web apps on […]

Ten Things a Project Manager Can Teach the CEO

By Brad Egeland Your CEO knows everything, right? That’s why they are the company leader. Wrong. Just like everyone else, they can take some tips from other leaders in the organization. The problem is, the typical CEO has to maintain a fairly high level of focus on the organization as a whole.  Certainly they face

The Inexact World of Project Management

By Brad Egeland It would be nice to say the more organized and rigid you are in your processes and leadership, the better the project manager you will be. In fact, isn’t that what project management is all about? Defining a methodology and using it and creating and using repeatable processes and planning templates so

What to Do if Project Customer Relations are Strained

By Brad Egeland I like to say that communication is Job One for the project manager and I will always feel that way. But Job Two (and part of Job One) is keeping the project customer or consulting customer satisfied, happy, confident… whatever it takes to keep them onboard with the project and current agreement.

How to Keep Your Project Customers Coming Back for More

By Brad Egeland Why do you keep going back to your favorite stores or restaurants or vehicles. Is it because you never know what to expect? Do you consider it to be an adventure every time you go back not knowing for sure how the food or service or quality is going to be? No.

Are You Feeling Buried in Project Work?

By Brad Egeland It’s really hard to admit that you’re in over your head. It’s a show of weakness or possibly a professional short coming. It may actually be neither – you simply may just be overworked, but it can feel like a weakness. And we are just not programmed to scream that out loud.

Best Strategies for Virtual Project Team Management

By Brad Egeland First off, let me state that I really, really believe that remote project management I is a great solution for most projects. It has worked extremely well for me for the past 10 years or so. But I know it’s not for everyone. Remote project management, while often a sensible and cost-effective

Finding Good People to Work On Your Projects in the On Demand Economy

Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, CAL, PMP, RYT Cheetah Learning is in a growth phase and I’ve been reaching out to a variety of the freelancer sites (like Freelancer, Upwork, and Fiverr) looking for talent on short demo projects.  I’ve also been doing fix-up projects on a couple of properties and have turned to Craigslist, Care.com and

Tips for Making Remote Project Management Work

By Brad Egeland I’m a big believer in managing projects remotely and using virtual teams on projects. In fact, i’ve been managing projects and consulting engagements remotely, and using remote and virtual teams successfully on project and consulting engagements successfully for more than ten years. While it is very rewarding and I’ve saved countless hours

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