End of Year Review and What I’ll Bring with Me into the New Year

By | December 28th, 2018|Agility and Resilience, Career Development, Closing Out, Project Management Sparks|

Y ou made it through the high and low seasons, elbowed your way through the crowds to get those last minute holiday gifts and polished off the crumbs from any uneaten cookies for Santa, and now you’re ready to count down to the new year. While I am usually one of the first to raise [...]

Minimizing That Finger-Pointing Stigma

By | April 21st, 2018|Business Process Improvement, Change Management, Closing Out, Project Management Sparks|

Take a deep breath and exhale. You’ve completed your project, turned over the keys to the customer and closed out all the remaining items on your project checklist. You can now loosen that tie and let your hair down. It’s time to celebrate yet another successful project that you timidly chalk up to years of [...]

Throwing Your Fist in the Air and Holding It Up High

By | December 21st, 2017|Closing Out, Project Management Sparks, Project Planning, Time Management|

W ith the end of the year approaching, you’ve earned the humble pleasure and gratification to finally throw that fist in the air and let out a howling scream, “I did it!” Ticking off that last to do on your checklist, packaging all those assets and closing out on your project is most rewarding when [...]

Four Rituals That Should Be On Your Closeout Checklist

By | November 26th, 2016|Closing Out, Project Management Sparks, The Human Side of Project Management|

Crisp, ornate and decorative describe the beautifully hand-tied ribbon that sits on top of that perfectly wrapped gift under the Christmas tree. I don’t know whether it’s the holiday season or simply that it’s the end of the year, but each time I hand tie that wired ribbon into its cheerful loop and perky tail, [...]

15 Things I Learned from Project Management in 2015

By | December 28th, 2015|Agility and Resilience, Closing Out, Project Management Sparks, The Human Side of Project Management|

As this year comes to a close, I find myself feeling a bit relieved over the dutiful sense of nostalgia I usually feel towards the end of the year. Particularly in the latter few months is where I have experienced a variety of unforeseen twists and turns that not only challenged my role as a [...]