Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: A “Shaming”
SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison asks whether shaming a team member into doing something can achieve the desired resultsMay 21, 2020
Don’t Wait, Reflect and Act: High Performing Teams Don’t Just Exist; They Are Created
SMA Principal Associate Sarala Rajeshuni argues that if you do it right, you cannot help but create successful, high performing teamsMay 20, 2020
Getting More Value from Deltek Cobra: Cost Classes
SMA Senior Associate Ron Wadlinger describes some of the advantages of using Cost Classes in Deltek Cobra for your Earned Value reportingMay 19, 2020
Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: What Does/Can a CAM Do?
SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison gives examples on the role of the Control Account Manager (CAM) in the project teamMay 18, 2020
BD Pipeline: Calculating PWIN
In the last part of his 4-part BD Pipeline series, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green summarizes how to combine all factors to calculate your win probabilityMay 14, 2020
BD Pipeline: Customer Relations
In part 3 of his 4-part BD Pipeline series, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green shows how customer relations affect your win probabilityMay 13, 2020
BD Pipeline: Internal Gates
In part 2 of his BD Pipeline series, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green describes the internal gates to estimating your win probabilityMay 12, 2020
BD Pipeline: Validating Your Opportunities
You have limited resources and can only follow so many business opportunities: SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green explains opportunity validationMay 11, 2020
Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: Schedule Recovery
When the situation looks hopeless, SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison shows how working backwards from the desired result can help with program schedule recoveryMay 8, 2020
Urgent and Important
Anthony Rock, Lt. Gen. US Air Force (Ret.) and SMA Executive Advisor, reminds us to not let the “urgent” overcome the “important”May 7, 2020
Best Practice Scheduling and EVMS Training Should be Mandatory in Industry
SMA Principal Associate Roger Risinger warns that project staff should be trained in scheduling and EVMS best practices, or risk failing to deliverMay 6, 2020
Digital Transformation of IT Shared Services: Why You Should Migrate Them to The Cloud
Although migrating your IT infrastructure to the cloud seems obvious now, SMA Principal Associate Sarala Rajeshuni advises that you have a well-planned strategy before you startMay 5, 2020
