By Silvano Colombano The PI Comes Calling Projects often have many goals. Some are stated explicitly, some aren’t. You would like for all the goals to be in alignment right from the start, but sometimes it takes time for the different customers to work together to make that happen.
By Dougal Maclise After I graduated from college, I worked for two years with the Portland Public Schools as an equipment designer for handicapped children.
By James Barrowman Deputized I’m not sure I knew what I was getting myself into, but it seemed like a reasonable way to deal with the pressures our program was under.
By Charlie Stegemoeller Have you ever walked into work one day thinking that you had a situation well in hand, only to be met with something far beyond your wildest imagination?
Hector Delgado How do you reallocate funds without people feeling like you’re taking away “their money”?
Michael C. Jansen Judging by my conversations with peers in the industry, it is striking how many engineers grew into their professions by tinkering with junk in their families’ garages.
Roy Malone My new job looked great on paper, head of Logistics Services at Marshall Space Flight Center, but I had to wonder when I arrived did they expect me to manage an office or perform miracle cures?
Joan Salute Like most of us, I’ve had to think hard about what makes for a successful project manager. Haven’t we all read, or written out for colleagues, lists of requirements? I bet we can recite them in our sleep.
By Todd Post Mention status quo in a room full of project managers and you’re likely to see a few people wincing. Note that no one yet is talking about a particular policy or regulation. It’s just the word status quo itself and all that it connotes that turns the mood sour.
