Deadlines

Practical Values: How to Conduct Better Meetings

What’s the biggest source of headaches and wasted time in your company? For many people, it’s the frequent, interminable meetings. People often feel like they’re spending all their time in…

Buffers, Safety Time, and The Project Manifesto

The problem with most definitions of the project buffer is that traditional schedules already have safety time. Some of that protection may be in the form of inflated task times…

More on Deadline Management

We continue to think about and promote a move away from deadline and milestone management, towards the relay race. The following quote from an Earned Value list on LinkedIn triggered…

A Culture of Dates

In our time-conscious world, we’re used to thinking in terms of dates. What’s my calendar for today? When is the meeting, the doctor’s appointment, the television program? We rush to…