Do You Need a Compass or a Stopwatch?
Brian Lau This blog started as a project process commentary from a project manager’s perspective. Over the course of my career I have expanded my experience to include business analyst, program management,…
Project Management
Ambiguity Is Not Punny!
My daughter is always clarifying statements and asking questions because she needs things to be unambiguous. I think this is a great trait, except for those times when I don’t…
Reading the Room
When I was getting into project management, one of my mentors told me the importance of reading the room. She told me, to be a good project manager, I should…
A Crash Course In Project Management
One of the most important attributes of an effective project manager is to constantly check your altimeter. To make sense of this statement, let’s first define an altimeter. Wikipedia defines…
Not so SCRUM-ptious
What project management methodology do you use? I hear a lot of business owners, who are terrible at planning, throw agile around a lot. I have seen companies retool their…
What is a project manager?
I was having dinner with my family a few years back and there were multiple conversations going on. My brother starts talking about a project to his son and says…