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Tests for Success
How do you identify the bull's-eye among your stakeholders?  Nothing's worse than finishing a project and missing the mark you didn't know was there. At patterns & practices, one of our effective project practices is to use "tests for success" Read More...
Posted 26 March 08 03:28 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Turning Chickens into Pigs
Have you ever been on a project where key stakeholders don't have skin in the game, but they have a controlling vote?  This is a bad situation.  It's like multiple backseat drivers, except they won't be there if the car crashes.  What's Read More...
Posted 25 March 08 04:49 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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How To Differentiate
How can you differentiate what you do?  This can be particularly difficult in problem spaces that seem over-crowded.  It helps if you have a frame.  One of my mentors gave me a useful lens for differentiating that helps solve this problem. Read More...
Posted 24 March 08 03:50 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Results-Focused Teams Over Role-Focused Teams
In my experience, talent and passion are the keys to effective teams. It's not better defined roles. In PM Tip#14: Great teams have members that defy roles , Brad Abrams writes that the best teams defy traditional roles and responsibilities, and I agree. Read More...
Posted 25 October 07 09:02 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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How To Use Time Boxing for Getting Results
Time boxing is a way to chunk up time and get results. If you continously miss windows of opportunity or spend all of your time in one area of your life at the expense of others, time boxing can be one of your best tools. A time box is simply a limited Read More...
Posted 21 October 07 10:46 by J.D. Meier | 7 Comments   
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