Got Progress?

Three Key Elements for Successful Project Management

Norm SmithSmithOps

The real nature of projects

Project Management Is Complicated!

There is no yellow brick road

Earned Value Management

Critical Path Management

IntegratedMasterSchedules EA-WI-023

NPR 7120.5

three essential skills

1. Situational Awareness

2. Enfranchisement

3. Boundary Control

Situational awareness

A

B

You Are Here

3 Key Questions

1. What Are My Obligations?

2. How Am I Doing On Those?

3. What’s Coming Next

Great DETAIL ≠ SUCCESS

Polymer Mesh Under Scanning Electron Microscope

An enfranchised team

A

B

Everyone Is Here

A disenfranchised team

A

B

Too Far Ahead

Shots From

Behind

SEE THE PEOPLE

Read The Body Language

Boundary Control

Boundary CONTROL

A

BB2

CHANGE

Learn to Say “NO” … With Style

(Or When To Say “Yes”)

Why is this all so important?

SituationalAwareness

Enfranchisement

Skills

Boundary Maintenance

When Projects Fail?

When Projects Fail?

Everyone Gets a Haircut!

When projects succeed ?

We All Succeed!