Category Archives: lessons learned

For many people project management is mainly buerocratic overhead, for the majority of executives it is (still) a commodity. Actually the PM’s work should obviously provide an added value to the project, and be it only that nothing important gets forgotten. For this we “educated” project managers have a bunch

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In a big programme that I was asked to recover some time ago I had to search many weeks for competent project managers to lead the sub-projects. Not a single candidate presented to me by the procurement department was acceptable! Looking at the job offerings and ads in the relevant web

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Unrealistic schedule targets, e.g. as a result of sales having promised too much, or because the boss striving for savings, often are the beginning of distress in the course of a project. As bosses in many cases are driven by or thinking in numbers you can sometimes beat them with

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In my last project I had to deal with an “overly powerful” implementation partner, i.e. a company who can easily disrespect her customers’ interests just because of her sheer size and market position. Additionally these firms pay highest attention to not being contractually vulnerable – even in case that means

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