Part of being a leader is knowing when to ask for help I wish everything could be solved in house. There is something satisfying about getting the job done inside the team. If you can pull it off, it’s cheaper too. At work here at MB&A over time we’ve pulled creative design work and someRead… Read more »
Our Integrity experts each forecast one top trend for 2013. What emerging trends will dominate the next 12 months or more in acquisition and program management? And what should you know right now? Trending Up: Back to the Basics — Choosing the Right Contract Type Mark Hogenmiller, PMP, CPCM, COO Last November Mr. Frank Kendall,Read… Read more »
Over the last few days I’ve been exposed to two ideas that interest me in how each demonstrates the need to properly vet an idea. (As an aside for for all of you familiar with MMORPGs: I figure if life was a game, “Vetting an Idea” would be considered a passive ability for those inRead… Read more »
The DOD caught with its Pants down – A Revolution in Risk Assessment needed? It seems to have passed commentators by, but the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently uncovered a major under-reporting of risk at the Department of Defense. (see Figure 1 below).1 The GAO’s recommendations read like a school report: the DOD shouldRead… Read more »
***Want more project management tips from author Chris Cairns? Join us at the Leading Great Projects session next Tuesday, 9/10 at our GovLoop Virtual Innovators Summit – free rsvp**** Nearly every government project needs to employ risk management processes and practices to ensure successful delivery. A Risk Register (or Risk Log) is one of theRead… Read more »
Do you know what the biggest pain in project management is? I’ll tell you what it is. Building something nobody wants. I’ve learned the hard way over the years that it’s easy to forget the basics when you start getting immersed in all the flashy concepts, funky language, and fancy tools out there for planningRead… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, a Fed approached me on how she should approach the challenge of streamlining an integrated program management support function across multiple divisions of one overarching government organization, which has over 100 projects ranging from $250k to $1B in life-cycle costs. My answer, based on my own experience: To effectively deliverRead… Read more »
Discuss how analytics solutions are providing state and local agencies with insights into decision-quality information. These insights will help you stay ahead of trends and risks, manage budgets more effectively for the greatest returns, and predict outcomes to drive effectiveness and efficiencies. Chapter highlights include: What Is Analytics for Government? Measuring the Impact of DecisionsRead… Read more »
2013 is literally around the corner. The topic of goals and objectives arises frequently this time of year. Many organizations (and individuals) have begun to update their strategies and create new goals for the New Year, have you? Hopefully you have, and if you haven’t, well – you may want to add it to yourRead… Read more »
This blog post was originally published at Management Concepts Program & Project Perspectives blog. Author: Lowell Dye Using Innovation as a Business Decision Tool In this rapidly changing environment, organizations continuously stress the need for innovation. Therefore, innovation needs to be viewed from a long-term perspective and must be a component in every organization’s strategicRead… Read more »