eBook Estimate Leadership Underperforming Technical Team 
LiquidPlanner
APRIL 27, 2022
In most cases, project managers aren’t the functional manager of project team members, and it isn’t always clear what priorities have been set. Those project team members and resources, in general, can often be pulled in different directions causing the team to miss important milestones for that project. . Protect all assets.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it was “estimated” rather than created totally randomly from scratch. But she was worried that other people were interpreting the estimate as definite fact. It’s giving your clients a poor service and doing a disservice to your team as well. Ethics Tip #4: Be Brave.
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Resource Guru
APRIL 4, 2023
You can read all the stories in our latest eBook, Confessions of a Project Manager. I was working with a competent Lead Developer on one of our biggest clients delivering a rebuild for a platform that we’d been working on for 10+ years. During that time, the Techncial Director and Lead Developer had both moved on. I heard him.
LiquidPlanner
MAY 1, 2018
I didn’t know things were so bad when I took it on, and now it looks like I have a turnaround situation on my hands. No one seems to know what we need to do, the schedule is totally unrealistic, the client is unhappy, and team morale has plummeted, even since I got involved. Get the team involved in planning. Talk to the Client.
LiquidPlanner
JANUARY 20, 2022
You don’t need me to tell you this is a bad habit to get into. Breaking tough work down this way and distributing across the team will enable you to do what you do best, oversee the project while encouraging and celebrating success. The best ones used ranged estimates to determine resource needs and predict outcomes.
LiquidPlanner
OCTOBER 26, 2016
But when you have a clear understanding of where and how your time is being spent, you have a better chance of working to your full potential and making a meaningful impact on individual and team goals. For example: Let’s say you’re asked to agree to a development schedule for a series of software modifications. Hopefully not.
LiquidPlanner
MAY 1, 2018
I didn’t know things were so bad when I took it on, and now it looks like I have a turnaround situation on my hands. No one seems to know what we need to do, the schedule is totally unrealistic, the client is unhappy, and team morale has plummeted, even since I got involved. Get the team involved in planning. Talk to the Client.
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