PM Quote of the Day — Yoda

Do or do not… there is no try.

Not having enough resources is normal

I came across a post from CA’s IT Governance evangelist Steve Romero on resource constraints and project portfolio management.  His post “Never say again, ‘We don’t have enough resources to get the work done’” is an extended riff off this observation that: [A] problem that besets every organization I have encountered in the 30+ years [...]

PM Quote of the Day — Nolan Bushnell

Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

Don’t bad mouth SAP project managers to me!

When I was a SAP engagement manager, many SAP customers used to complain to me about SAP’s project management capabilities with the lament: If only you could manage projects as well as your implementation partners do! I always thought that jab at SAP was hooey.  And now that I am a customer of two SAP [...]

PM Quote of the Day — Leo Tolstoy

I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and [...]