Starting over is never easy. When I moved to New Hampshire in 2004, I wanted to launch my own business in project management consulting after a decade at Hewlett-Packard in Boise, Idaho.  With no connections and no reputation, I wondered “would anyone hire me?” I spent those early years getting out in front of as…

？Have you heard about Story Mapping? It’s a great tool for projects. When a team creates a Story Map, they gain a visual tool that guides their work and keeps them aligned with the project’s key objectives. Story Mapping is useful for Agile projects, where typically the team plans for only a few weeks at…

😱 Are you making this mistake with your projects? Projects are launched without clearly specifying The Need. This happens all too often! 🌀 When we skip this step, projects end up meandering, taking up time but never reaching completion. The Need describes the situation today. We have looked at our current environment and can say “these…

What is uncertainty and why should you care? Well … 😱 How are your projects going? Is everything proceeding smoothly, or are issues keeping you up at night with escalating worries? Both scenarios tie back to a common factor: uncertainty. Uncertainty is about unknowns; more unknowns mean greater uncertainty. For example, when your team’s project…

Do your teams struggle to complete projects? The tasks are too large! 🙃 You can recognize this problem when at project meetings, the refrain is “I’m about 80% done with my task.” And then you hear the same thing the next week … and the next … The problem is that the “chunks” of work…

A wise person said: > People don’t want a bridge — they want to cross the river. When I recommend project management to you, I have to remember that you don’t want project management, you want a completed, successful project that delivers great results. So, hey, great project management will help you and your teams…

I had the chance to work with a group of entrepreneurs recently. My workshop goal was to give them good project management tools in under 2 hours. It worked! One student said, “I could feel my brain learning.” 💥 For an entrepreneur, most projects have a lot of uncertainty. Creating new products, setting prices, and…

7 books that have influenced me When it comes to expanding our knowledge and skills in the business world, books provide a wealth of valuable insights. As a passionate reader and lifelong learner, I’ve discovered several remarkable titles that have had a profound impact on my understanding of Agile, project management, and decision-making. In this…