Make the Change – sometimes you lose and have to make the change. Be sure to save all of your original work, document the impact on all levels, provide a new schedule, budget, scope, SLA’s, etc. Keep and eye on execution throughout and if it turns out it was a better plan, acknowledge it. If…
This is not recommended unless you have a busy body that is allowed in your company to continuously disrupt projects, give irrelevant input, and overall derail a focused effort. You know who I mean. They make a case of rehashing that which has already been decided. They interrupt meetings with tangents. They have no real…
If there is no one to back you up on what you know will be a negative impact or event disaster for your project, take some time to do an analysis on what it means to suddenly go a new direction or change a deliverable: Create an alternate schedule – the objections may stop at…
Seems to me, more often than not, education works well with the uninformed. When that fails, I go up the chain to someone the detractor cannot say “no” to: You are likely in agreement with your manager and so allow them to address the issue. Often they are more familiar with the best approach with…
Just when you thought you had everything worked out, here comes Mr/Ms big idea. Often, it is someone who is either not computer savvy, as in doesn’t use one much, or holds a PhD IT scientist certificate in their mind. Changing your planned work, after all of your meetings, collaborations, accommodations, and compromises for multiple…
Many times we come across cost challenges in our projects. Often, funds are removed in the middle of planning and sometimes execution. At other times a natural disaster, union strike, or other unplanned event can exhaust our monetary resources. When this happens to you, there are some ways you can mitigate before determining you need…