Tag: project management

• Undercommit and Overdeliver: Building Trust and Boosting Team Morale

  Imagine briefing your stakeholders on the status of your project. You share your team’s progress, risks, and a projected completion date based on the best data available. Despite emphasizing the fact that this is a projection, not a guarantee, your stakeholders will likely walk away with the end date as a firm commitment. This happens…

  wscarvie

  October 10, 2024

  leadership

  agile, business, coaching, expectation setting, leadership, management, morale, motivation, project management, software engineering, trust

• The Project Management Triangle: Balancing Time, Cost, and Scope

  A common phrase captures the essence of the Project Management Triangle: “You can have it fast, cheap, or done well. Pick two.” This principle, widely recognized in project management, emphasizes the relationship between time, cost, and scope (or quality). Adjusting any one of these elements inevitably affects the other two. In most business scenarios, time…

  wscarvie

  October 10, 2024

  Project Management Skills

  agile, budget, business, coaching, leadership, motivation, project management, resource management, schedule, scope, software engineering, technology

• Project Status Reporting: The Metrics That Matter

  Throughout my career, I’ve led numerous projects, and one question has consistently been asked by leadership, stakeholders, and team members: “How are you doing?” Status reporting is essential. Your stakeholders and leadership need to understand the progress of the project and when it will be delivered. Your team members need to see their progress to…

  wscarvie

  October 10, 2024

  Project Management Skills

  agile, business, coaching, leadership, measurement, metrics, motivation, project management, software engineering, status reporting, technology

• Proactive Risk Management: Securing Project Success Through Early Action

  For a long time, when I communicated the status of a project to my stakeholders, I would say something like, “Here is where we stand, and here’s what that tells us about our delivery date. I have 80% confidence this date will hold, and I’ll keep you updated as things change.” I would spend significant…

  wscarvie

  October 10, 2024

  Project Management Skills

  business, leadership, mitigation, motivation, prioritization, project management, risk management, software engineering

• Managing Multiple Product Priorities

  As a leader overseeing a project, one of the most critical challenges you’ll face is managing multiple product priorities. Most projects come with a variety of stakeholders, each with their own set of needs and expectations. Product Managers might have a wishlist of features that users would appreciate, often with input from multiple business segments.…

  wscarvie

  October 10, 2024

  Project Management Skills

  agile, business, coaching, leadership, motivation, prioritization, product-management, project management, software engineering