Tips for developing a Gantt chart

As project managers, our management likes insight into what the team is doing. There are many different ways to accomplish this including your project plan and all its specific plans, meetings with the managers to status the project, and schedules. One method that is very popular is the use of Gantt charts. A visual depiction A Gantt chart is a visual depiction of your schedule. […]

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Project recovery: How to clean up the mess

Project recovery: How to clean up the mess

  In a good mood, you arrive in the office with your coffee and a spring in your step. You acknowledge your coworkers as you make your way to your desk. In your email, there’s a message from your boss requesting a meeting. Your coworker’s Project X is not on track and the boss wants you to do project recovery. Your co-worker has been reassigned to […]

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Ongoing project schedule validation – can it happen?

Last week we talked about running project schedule validation checks on a schedule that has few completed tasks. As your project continues, there are checks you can run to insure your schedule is still valid. If you missed the first part, visit here. Invalid dates check If you reviewed the schedule when it was new, you should have found these before getting started. Sometimes, as […]

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