This May 2014, I talked about the formation of new habits at a dinner for the Project Management Institute (PMI), Sacramento Valley Chapter and then again during a live webinar for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. Specifically, I shared 5 concrete strategies for forming team productivity habits, while also delving into the behavioral and
“What does that play button do?” “It starts our integrated timer, so you can track how much time you spend on tasks.” “Oh, well we don’t bill for our time, so we won’t use that feature.” I have this conversation all too often, and it’s undermining the real value that time tracking provides in any project: actionable data. When a
Here are some of the key lessons hockey has taught me about project management: 1. Hire Flexible Players In hockey you have six players on the ice and three main positions: Forward, Defense, and Goalie. The goalie is the only one that should truly be a “specialist,” which means the other five players need to have some