Category Archives: Technical Project Management

Project Reporting Formality

August 1, 2008 – 12:22 pm

It's common wisdom that metrics are critical to how successful your project will be perceived. What's less often discussed is exactly how formal an approach one should take when communicating those metrics to the relevant audiences. Traditional project management methodology stipulates a formal, rigid approach to reporting typified by reporting templates, scope change documents, risk [...]

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The Client Collaboration Continuum

June 6, 2008 – 11:14 am

What role should your client play in a project implementation? Traditional project management techniques treat clients as consumers of a product, in this case the "product" being the output of the project effort. Customers are rarely, if ever, privy to the internal workings of the project and instead rely on formal, periodic reports which attempt [...]

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Marketing Project Management Tips

May 14, 2008 – 12:41 pm

Project Management. For many the term conjures up images of set-in-concrete time lines supported by highly regimented milestones and minutely detailed tasks. A traditional technical project, like an intercontinental ballistic missile, has a well-defined team of highly technical engineers and a formal development process. Managing technical projects for marketers is very different. If you're building [...]

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