Category: ElephantPM
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Who should own the IP in a new venture?
The most contentious part of any new product development is often the question of who should own the existing IP (intellectual property). This is wrong, what each party should concern themselves with is who should own the future revenue. Personally, I would be happy for my partner to own all the IP if I get…
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Resource provider engagement in the school fair
In an earlier post I observed that in my experience one of the most problematic areas for project managers is the consistency of support from key resource suppliers. This was forcibly pointed out to me again this week. My wife volunteered to organise the Christmas Fair at my son’s primary school. While I have always…
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Stakeholder agreements are vital to successful projects
I am now writing the chapter in my book ElephantPM that describes how to start-up a project. When I look back over the projects that I have worked on, I think that there is one success factor that has caused me more problems than any other and that is “Stakeholder engagement”. PRINCE2 has this to…
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A project manager joke
Walking on the Beach A project manager, software engineer, and hardware engineer are in Miami Beach for a two-week period helping out on a project. On their lunch hours, they often chose to walk up and down the beach. During one of these walks, they stumble upon a lamp. The hardware engineer picks up the…
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When would you use PRINCE2?
PRINCE2 is a heavy methodology and may not be suitable for all projects. What do you think?
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How do you eat an elephant?
Project Management in general is a solved problem; the big project management methodologies PRINCE2 and PMBOK contain all the processes necessary to run a project and the best practices to keep everything running smoothly. They can be used to build everything from a nuclear submarine to a banking system. I will refer to PRINCE2 from…
Dr James Bayley 