Nice Project Managers Finish First
Published in the March issue of the Journal of Product Innovation Management:
“One new study shows that project managers can get much better performance from their team when they treat team members with honesty, kindness and respect. A second study shows that product development teams can reap significant quality and cost benefits from socializing with people [...] Read more »
Estimating Effort: Part 3
Preparing Three-Point Range Estimates
The mechanics of preparing three-point range estimates, particularly if you are working with team members who have never used the technique before, are important. And just a reminder: we are still dealing with effort estimates; duration estimates come later.
Working one-on-one. Let’s again start with a simple case where you need an effort [...] Read more »
Avoid the Same Old Mistakes by Focusing on Lessons Learned
It’s said there are no new project management sins, just old ones repeated. It’s also said that we don’t learn the lessons from past projects and this must be true, otherwise why would we keep making the same old mistakes? Read more »
Resolving Conflict
Conflicts arise due to incompatibility of goals. Biswamohan Routray writes about the strengths and weaknesses of 5 methods for resolving conflicts in project management Read more »


