Project "Post Mortems" (sometimes called "Lessons Learned" discussions) are a great way to improve your own or your organization's project management (PM) skills and results. The idea is that at the end of a project you get everyone together and look back on what happened... the good, the bad, things needing improving, and so on. Typically, this is a structured session (sometimes facilitated by someone outside the project team) that is based on a set of questions that project team members take t… Continue

I interact with lots of newcomers to project management (PM) either as attendees in my workshops and as visitors to my website (www.michaelgreer.com). Unfortunately, I find a lot of them are feeling pressure to become certified, mostly as a PMP (project mgt. professional) from the Project Mgt. Institute (PMI) and sometimes from the European PRINCE2 certification. Frankly, I sometimes feel sorry for these folks and a little irritated on their behalf that they can't simply enjoy their new PM respo… Continue