 Some time back I wrote about 4 Ways Your PM Career Sustainability Can Go Wrong. In the article, I introduce the concept of career sustainability and the importance of running as if you were in a marathon versus a sprint. The article focused on four fictional but realistic characters:
Each of the characters had some successes, but also had some blind spots that impacted their sustainability in their respective jobs:
I’m a strong advocate of career sustainability. I believe that skills, lifestyle, relationships, and stewardship are key drivers to help you as a professional be more consistently effective and content in your work and play lives. To that end, what follows is a four-part series focused on each driver:
Let’s kick things off with the first driver. Read more at ProjectManagement.com.
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Some time back I was in a meeting with a project manager who presented the status on his troubled project to the project sponsor and other executive stakeholders. This project was of high interest to the sponsor and stakeholders as they were depending on its successful completion to make some major changes in their respective organizations. The project sponsor asked the project manager a very straightforward question:
Why is the project slipping? The project manager went into a long, meandering monologue. The sponsor interrupted and asked the question again. More meandering from the project manager. Seeing the sponsor and other stakeholders’ growing frustration, the project manager’s boss stepped in and said they needed to do more homework and would come back the next day better prepared. The next day, the project manager’s boss presented the status and answered questions--along with a new project manager.  In this series I am outlining 42 questions that a product manager should ensure are answered across the following SDLC phases:
Read more at ProjectManagement.com.
 In this article series, I am outlining 42 questions that a product manager should ensure are answered across the following SDLC phases:
In the previous article, I focused on seven product manager’s accountabilities when designing a solution. This article focuses on seven questions to be asked when developing a solution. Read more at ProjectManagement.com. 
In 2004, my wife Patty and I decided to team homeschool our autistic son because we knew he would need more help as he entered middle school. I had spent 20 years in corporate America, working for both Accenture and Microsoft, but in the Fall of 2004, I became his part-time math and science teacher, spending the remainder of my time doing business consulting and writing books.
Up to that time I always had either a client or office to go to. With the change to homeschool teacher/author/consultant, I now had no place to go each day. My office was either our playroom where we homeschooled, our home office, or local coffee shops. It was definitely an adjustment and I learned a lot about how to be effective without going to a workplace. Now I can’t imagine it any other way.
 In this series, I am outlining 42 questions that a product manager should ensure are answered across the following SDLC phases:
Read more at ProjectManagement.com. 
A pretty nifty feature in Microsoft Project is the ability to define a project through the use of the project guide. The project guide is a cool little wizard that walks you through setting up a project, assigning resources to the project, tracking progress, and reporting on progress. What I like about this wizard is not only the help it gives newbie project managers, but also is a great reminder of the cool MS Project capabilities for more seasoned MS Project project managers.
To get started with this cool project management software tool do the following:  In this series, I am outlining 42 questions that a product manager should ensure are answered across the following SDLC phases:
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