By Brad Egeland As project managers we try to be a value-added resource on our projects. We want to bring positives in everything we do. We train, we certify, we explore technology and stay as current as possible. After all, the success of the project is ours to own, right? We succeed or we fail, […]

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

Written by Brad Egeland Not all project managers want to manage projects forever. Sometimes they look to switch to a more technical hands on position with the team like the business analyst role. Likewise, not all business analysts want to continue in the role of business analyst forever – looking to take on a higher

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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