Using Kata Along the Agile Project Management Path
Perhaps we can use the concept of Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata to better ourselves and our teams.…
Gauging your team’s efforts, using Velocity
If you ever find yourself walking into an ongoing project as the oncoming project manager, one of the first things you’ll want to know is how much work your team can get done in a specific amount of time. That, my friend, is the velocity (in the PM world)…
Project Management Knowledge: Milestones vs. Due Dates
At first glance, you may think that a milestone and a due date on any given project are the same things, and I’d even forgive you for thinking so. After all, both have dates that define them; you can’t have either without a date and/or time. But…
Army Ranger to Project Manager and the leadership lessons I learned
Making the leap from the military to a professional project manager didn’t seem like a smart move at first. However, I quickly realized that the Army and Coast Guard set me up perfectly for my new career. Here’s how I apply what I learned. The leadership I’ve…
Project Management and Artificial Intelligence — a path forward
AI is the future; there’s little we can do to sideline that. However, as we move in that general direction, it’s a matter of how we all take it in stride. That said, are you ready? Via my primary source, a paper published by the Brightline Initiative (BI)…