21 January 2015, Toronto, On – Project X Ltd announced today that is has entered into a reseller alliance agreement with New Zealand-based Theta for the promotion, sales and support of its Six Degrees enterprise planning software in Canada and the United States. Six Degrees is a
I was chatting with a friend recently about a project she is on that she described in her own words as a ‘master disaster’ – timelines in jeopardy, cost overruns, unrealistic expectations, and frustrated team. I thought back to my own experiences and research and my first
Last week we talked about Project Plans and the SDLC and touched on the waterfall model of project plans. In case you missed the first post you can read it here. This week we will talk about other project plan models… The fountain model recognizes that although some activities c
As we all know every project starts with a plan. It is crucial to have a roadmap to guide you on any endeavour that you plan to undertake. As it is said, if you don’t have a plan then you plan to fail. Of course, we need to have a plan that depicts your objectives and incorporates
Does life surprize you or confuse you? The book, “The Black Swan,” talks about events that come out of left field and surprise us. A great example is 911. Two things that baffled me about 911, the coordinated successful operation and the colapse of the buildings. I
What can you do about scope creep? What are the causes of scope creep? Is it inevitable? I think everybody becomes creative as we think about a project. I was thinking of adding a bathroom at the cottage and before the conversation finished it became adding a whole new
Some of you may be surprised to read I've recently become less religious about Teradata. That's not because Teradata has declined or it's competitors have improved significantly. It's mainly because I see the market moving toward realtime and near realtime reporting. T
In setting strategy, we need to have an overall vision or overall goal. The diagram is a way of thinking strategy and planning. My idea comes from the theory of Alfred Adler who talked about motivation and said the human organism is motivated to goal. Without a goal, the
I look for examples of great leadership and learn from them. Lolly Daskal has written a great blog abour that Lolly Daskal on leadership. As Project X matures the committment to deliver value rapidly to the client drives all our actions. Our understan
Reflecting on the days activity with three questions: How? What? Who? Every day, just before finishing work, save a few minutes to reflect about what happened today. Look at your calendar and compare what actually happened — the meetings you attended, the work you got done, the
