Charles BENAMI

The Facts and Only The Facts

When managing project team members, the objective project manager focuses on the behaviours of his team. Attitudes, state of mind, and motives are explanations we give for behaviours and we make many mistakes interpreting people’s actions. Telling someone they are lazy, that they are acting angrily, or, that they are selfish, are interpretations of behaviour. Attributing intentContinue reading “The Facts and Only The Facts”

Manage the Odds

There are two quotes from Peter Drucker that are well worth remembering when planning. “The planner must be right in his timing of 10 or 20 separate developments, all of which must arrive at the same point at the same moment lest the whole plan collapse. The planner stakes all on an unbroken series of 20Continue reading “Manage the Odds”

The Bridge Building Plan

According to the PMBOK, the Project Management Plan defines how the project is executed, monitored, and controlled. Steven Sinofsky, the former President of Microsoft’s Windows division, adds that the how and why of the project is an important piece of the plan. The post, “Engineering and social science lead to plans“, is about projects to buildContinue reading “The Bridge Building Plan”

Resource Your Project With Peter Drucker’s Help

“The best plan is only good intentions unless it leads into work.” — Peter Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices Commit to the Plan The first step in getting resources for your project is to get agreement on how to deliver the project. Prepare the approach for delivering your project and call for a meeting withContinue reading “Resource Your Project With Peter Drucker’s Help”

The ABC’s of ROI

Analyze Benefits and Costs and Always Be Capturing ROI Some project managers stop measuring ROI once they have sold the business case. Good project managers understand that capturing ROI is a continuous task that can continue even when the project is closed. ROI stands for Return On Investment or, in other words, “What do IContinue reading “The ABC’s of ROI”