6R Blogs
Why is accountability so hard?
WHY WE NEED IT IN PROJECT TEAMS AND SOME TIPS TO BETTER FOSTER IT Sticking to lots of small deadlines is at the very core of delivering projects on time. One of the things that we know is that...
10 Things we know about Projects and People learned 10 years
Time is a relative experience. A week can feel like a day when a lot happens, or it can drag when things seem to be going badly. Over the last 10 years, we've examined success and failure and...
Evaluating and Selecting the Best ERP System
No one wants to do an ERP implementation. It’s a whole lotta pain and a whole lotta work for something that is often not a lot of customer facing joy. In fact, we have seen clients procrastinate...
Communication in Projects
This week has been a big milestone in the transition back to on-site work for us. For the first time in over a year, I spent two days with a client and a vendor on-site working through...
Hosting with purpose; 10 tips for your meeting
Meetings are rarely in person these days and they are one of the things that I miss most about face to face work with a group. A whole project team in the same room has an energy and life of its...
Planning, Checklists and Re-planning for 2021
Way back in January 2020, we wrote about re-planning through projects (click here for that post on 'Planning and Re-planning'). I shared my experience hiking the Kokoda Track. Of how changes come...
Stronger, Better, Faster – Project Recovery Response
Project Recovery Premise In conversation with an ex-Olympic athlete who was building out a performance recovery range of clothing, I remember him very clearly explaining that at the top level of...
Thank You (making it specific and genuine)
Thank you Projects by their very nature are often more like a marathon than a sprint. Having water stations along the way in a race creates smaller milestones to look towards and keeps everyone...
Software Implementation: Being Live Doesn’t Mean Being Done
Software Project Implementation There are 3 significant phases of software project implementation. The first big piece of work is software selection. The next big piece is the software...