The Better Project Delivery Blog
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Some may also call it lazy, but whatever you call it, it is a tremendous waste of time. Here’s how it works. At your...
There’s a saying in sports that goes, “We didn’t lose the game, we just ran out of time.” Is that how this year is looking for you? The year began with plenty of time on the clock, but now that the la...
The end of this year is fast approaching. There’s a nip in the air, football on TV, and vibrant colors on the trees. If you’re smart, it also means that you’re looking at your financial statements and...
It would be unimaginable for the frontrunner in a race to make it to the finish line and then stop before crossing it.  But let’s say it does happen; a runner stops one step short, throwing out their ...
An adage in construction says to measure twice, cut once. It means that taking the extra time up front to make sure your measurements are accurate saves time and reduces waste by not making mistakes l...
Tomato plants are known for their vigorous growth–so vigorous, in fact, that “suckers” or “side shoots” will appear between the stem and the branches and drain resources and energy from the main plant...
Congratulations! You’ve been promoted from project manager to PMO Leader. With this promotion comes an entirely different way of looking at how you work and will succeed in your new management positio...
In economics, Opportunity Cost is the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. For example, if you have $1,000 to invest in the stock market or purchase a new s...
We recently wrote about how an executive establishes a vision for their PMO in 5 Steps to Establish Your PMO’s Vision. As a refresher, a vision for your PMO is a clear and inspiring statement of long-...
Motivating people with the carrot-and-stick approach is to offer employees something positive (the carrot) if they do what you want, OR, to inflict negative consequences (the stick) if they don’t do w...
The game of checkers has been around for a very long time. There’s evidence that it originated over 5,000 years ago in the ancient city of Ur in Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq. Besides being a great w...
Many families are in the middle of graduation season. Children are graduating college, high school, middle school, or, it’s even now a thing for kids to graduate kindergarten. Graduations are often ac...
