The Project Coach

In her blog last week , Cindy Vandersleen talked about the challenges of gathering requirements and how the devil is always in the details.  I think many people would agree with this assessment; I know I do.  My best practice for gathering a comprehensive set of project requirements is to build a Requirements Template, and this week I’d like to share with you some tips for creating a model that your organization can use again and again to collect a comprehensive set of requirements and manage scope creep from the word “GO”.  › Continue reading…

Now, while I advocate variety is the spice of life in all personal matters, when it comes to having repeatable consistency in professional endeavors, companies don’t want to find themselves reinventing the wheel with every new project.  I have sometimes seen project managers struggling to figure out how to get started or what to do next when they’ve executed similar projects before.  When an organization is getting started establishing a project management methodology, I find it best to start simple.  › Continue reading…