Ask Cadence: The Project Management Podcast
Summary: Ask Cadence is a series dedicated to bringing solutions to your toughest project management problems. Using real-world project challenges from project managers in our global project management training seminars, our team offers guidance on how to tackle such issues as Scope, Schedule, Responsibility, Organizational Project Management, Agile Project Management and so much more. Join the discussion today and write us at cadence@cadencemc.com with your own project challenges.
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As projects near completion, it can sometimes be difficult to finalize and deliver them due to issues that can drag on or situations that arise. Getting over that last hump, to deliver the finished project can be the most difficult phase.
It happens. The team is working hard and they’re trying to keep up. Everyone’s putting in the extra effort. Yet you’re running into a number of problems. In the middle part of the project, you can start to lose momentum. The team can start to lose some of their enthusiasm. And, if you’re not careful, you can even start to doubt yourself and your abilities. This week, Cadence CEO, John Patton, discusses how projects—and project managers—can get bogged down in the middle stage of a project. He also addresses strategies that project managers can employ to right the ship, and get their projects back on course to successful delivery.
In the early stages of a project, a number of issues can crop up that can shift the project manager’s focus away from getting the project kicked off and on its way to eventual delivery. It’s an important time, as a successful start sets the stage for a successful delivery. This segment is the first in a three part series that focuses on keeping your projects moving. In it, Cadence CEO John Patton lays out the causes for projects getting off to a slow start, and outlines strategies for dealing with the issues and distractions that can keep your projects from getting safely off the ground.
Ep 106 – How do you avoid jumping to implement?
Ep 105 – Executives are not able to make decisions
Ep 104 – Growing and Migrating Project Management Skill in Leadership
Ep 103 – Career Planning in Acquisition
Ep 102 – Dealing with a Devastating Loss to the Team
Ep 101 – PMI Global Congress EMEA Recap with John Patton
Ep 100 – Giving Back – Cadence and the PMI Education Foundation
Ep 99 – Why should an organization pursue portfolio and program management?
Ep 98 – Don’t Fear PMs who aren’t technical people!
Ep 97 – John Patton on 28 years with PMI
Ep 96 – Balancing customer priorities and managing difficult resources
Ep 95 – Implementing a project with no plan for sustaining support
