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Managing Project Delays in the COVID-19 Age

Liquid Planner Collaboration

Projects can get delayed for many reasons from third party suppliers failing to deliver on time, to poor communication between project stakeholders sometimes the deliverables are simply not realistic within the project constraints. Fail to plan, plan to fail; it’s that simple.”.

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Estimating Agile Projects.Or Not

Mike Griffiths

Project managers generally like plans and estimates so we can forecast when things should be done and how much they may cost. It helps manage client expectations and answer the type of questions they ask, such as " When will it be done? " and " How much will it cost? So then I felt conflicted.

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Working Remotely: Ideal Work Environment Or Threat To Culture And Employee Productivity?

15Five

Perhaps Gallup CEO Jim Clifton said it best in the 2017 State of the American Workforce Report : “The very practice of management no longer works.”. Gallup reports that employees working remotely at least part-time grew from 39% in 2012 to 43% in 2016. Risky or not, increased telework seems to be the growing trend.