I have worked as an independent project recovery consultant for over a decade. My expertise and experience with software development and technology projects, combined with a set of proven processes and techniques allow me to recover projects that are in critical phases on the verge of failure and lead them back to success.
You can read more about me and my background on my "About" page.
My goal in writing this blog
My goal is to provide you with relevant, helpful content in all areas of project, program and portfolio management that you can use to further your organizational and professional growth.
If you’re new to my site (and you likely wouldn’t be on this page if you weren’t), here are some of my most popular posts in each category.
If you’re new to my site (and you likely wouldn’t be on this page if you weren’t), here are some of my most popular posts in each category.
My most popular posts
Project Success
> How value creep is killing your project
> Using OKRs to define project success
> The five principles of project success
> Using OKRs to define project success
> The five principles of project success
Project Sponsorship
> Project managers deliver projects; project sponsors deliver business value!
> The vital role of an Executive Project Sponsor and how to play it
> How to establish an effective Steering Committee (and not a Project Governance Board)
> Project managers deliver projects; project sponsors deliver business value!
> The vital role of an Executive Project Sponsor and how to play it
> How to establish an effective Steering Committee (and not a Project Governance Board)
> Why do technology projects fail so often and so spectacularly?
> The reverse triple constraint of troubled projects
> 10 Leading indicators of troubled projects
Portfolio Management
> Why your projects should be short and fat (and how to get them that way)
> Project Portfolio Management: Theory vs. Practice
> No validation? No project!
Project Management
> 10 Principles of Stakeholder Engagement
> The biggest mistake project managers make with project cost management
> Proactively manage your project with RAID lists (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Decisions)
Project Failure Case Studies
I research technology project failures and then write case studies about them because it is a great way of learning from others' mistakes. This page here is an ever-growing collection of case studies I have written.Books
I have written a number of books. You will find an overview of them here.My archive
You can also check my blog’s archive on the right side of this page for a list of every post I have written or use the search function in the upper right corner of this page to find other posts that might be of interest.
- Project Reviews
- Project Recovery
- Project Advisory
- Workshops
- Speaking
Work with me
While the content on my blog is all free, I do offer a number of commercial services.- Project Reviews
- Project Recovery
- Project Advisory
- Workshops
- Speaking
Companies I have worked with