Connect The Dots

The following tip on project management is important both for senior managers and executives and for those in the business of execution. However to explain it requires a bit of technical discussion about the feature and the software concerned. The explanation below also relates to the common computing model framework which is the subject of my research. So I recently downloaded a very cool new feature in Microsoft Visio called "WBS Modeller Add In". This enables a Microsoft Project Plan to be imported into Visio as a set of objects that retain their hierarchical linkages/relationships. In other words an automated import tool to view a project plan as a picture like everything else in Visio. Now ...

Someone once said (and I forget who it was) that the downside of great project management is that it can simply accelerate disaster. The point of this comment is not that there is anything wrong with project management, (in fact of course its indispensable) its that if the end product is flawed or poorly defined - project management isn't going to be a panacea. I think that there is a lot of faith put into PMI style rigor and discipline - almost as though constant attention to detail will enable the team to see and act with great wisdom - with method as the "saviour". Indeed I have seen via constant, in fact daily, conference call meetings - teams finally realize ...