In “For Bloomberg, Waste Mars Another Digital Project” (September 23, 2011) David M. Halbfinger looks back on the New York City Automated Personnel System (NYCAPS) project started a decade or more ago, adding up the costs incurred so far…

A house in my neighborhood has been in a partially finished state for a long time. The foundation has been layed. The framing has been done. The windows are installed. The roof has been shingled. The exterior has been wrapped. The workers who did these tasks left months ago. As I walked by the construction [...]

As the upgrade season moves into full swing some may get caught up in the momentum, the excitement of new functions and new features, perhaps, leading to considerable changes in how your people do their work. It is fun, even necessary, to visualize the improvements, yet, like a baseball bat made from rotted wood, your [...]

“…What’s the matter with the car I’m driving? Can’t you tell that it’s out of style? Should I get a set of white wall tires? Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?…” – “It’s still Rock and Roll to me” by Billy Joel The world is chock full of newly chic, thoroughly modern project management [...]

For some the Holiday season is a magical time, for others depressing and difficult, for still others somewhere in between. Last week I had a small experience, a quick tale that raised my holiday spirit. Here’s my story. Please feel free to comment and share your own if you like. I started my car very [...]

…nothing left to lose, fudging dates, underestimating efforts, avoiding tough choices, evading difficult meetings, presenting vaguely worded results, arbitrarily turning red lights to green, hiding important information from project participants, or being nice by giving people only the news they want to hear. The best way to save money on your upgrade is to do [...]

The best way to save money on your upgrade is to do things right the first time. Being wrong is expensive. There I was all by myself sitting at a long table (..on deck as it were..) being asked detailed questions about how I planned to manage a complex PeopleSoft upgrade project. In those days [...]

The best way to save money on your project is to do things right the first time. Being wrong is expensive. In this posting and in the series to follow I will recommend ways to save money on your upgrade and improve your chances of success at the same time. Raoul (an internal employee and [...]