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Running a lot...

I’ve been running a lot recently. My team received a lot of attacks… I guess the best piece of advice after this period is: be diligent and systematic on the project basics. I mean, you should focus on project progress and in keeping scope clear, setting and updating a workplan, keep writing your progress reports.

Even when it looks you should focus on other things, do not forget to keep the basis of project management. After the turbulence, nobody will remember that you were doing the “other things” and they will ask for the basic items. More than that, even during the turbulence, your team depends on you to keep project progress.

Go back to PMBOK if you don’t understand what basis is. PMBOK is not perfect but it contains a solid foundation. Agile PM only means (to me) that you don’t have to create and sign formal documents. But you have to materialize this tools: post-its, whiteboards pictures (read previous posts) work well enough.

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