How to manage projects, focusing on the basic principles: Who Does What By When. If you’re managing a project, you don’t have managerial role power, but you don’t need it.
Listen to Mark's introduction to the feed here:
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Horstman’s Law of Project Management - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) |
In this cast we describe Horstman's Law of Project Management: Who Does What By When. We've talked and joked about it many times, and this cast will put to rest the details of Horstman's Law of Project Management (HLPM). Mark came up with it several years ago, to help a group of young managers get over their fear of working on fairly complex software development projects. [...]
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Horstman’s Law of Project Management - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) |
Part 2 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.
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Horstman’s Law of Project Management - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) |
Part 3 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.
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Horstman’s Law of Project Management - Part 4 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) |
Part 4 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.
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How To Run A SPOT Project Kickoff Meeting |
This guidance describes how to run the first meeting you have with your team about a new project your team will be doing.
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How To Use A RACI Matrix |
This guidance describes how to use a RACI [Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform] Matrix when determining project responsibilities.
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Project Management Ch 1 - Breaking Down Projects |
Our guidance on the first stage of managing your own projects: breaking them down into something manageable.
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Project Management Basics - Now And Later Tasks |
This guidance describes how to quickly assign tasks in a project without getting bogged down in details.
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Project Meeting Reporting - Part 1 |
This guidance describes how to have project statuses reported and discussed.
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Project Meeting Reporting - Part 2 |
This cast concludes our guidance on how to have project statuses reported and discussed.
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Assign Work AND Reporting |
This guidance recommends assigning both the reporting of work and the work itself when delegating.
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Project Status is Never "Fine" |
Never ask how a project is going. You'll get information that isn't helpful...and it's your fault. Ask for status, and define what status is.
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Project Manager One on Ones - Part 1 |
This cast explains the basics of how to have One on Ones with project team members who do not report to you.
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Project Manager One on Ones - Part 2 |
The conclusion of our discussion on Project Manager One on Ones.
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Project Manager Feedback |
This cast describes how give feedback to a project team member if you are a project manager.
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Influence Through Verbal Commitments - Part 1 |
In this recommendation, Manager Tools describes how to influence others by asking for verbal commitments.
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Influence Through Verbal Commitments - Part 2 |
The conclusion of our recommendations on how to influence others by asking for verbal commitments.
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The Hot Wash |
In this show, we're going to talk about the simplest, most elegant tool we know of to make something you do at work more efficient and more effective.
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