97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

viii Contents

Keep Your Perspective....................... 64

James Graham, PMP

How Do You Define “Finished”?.................. 66

Brian Sam-Bodden

The 60/60 Rule............................ 68

David Wood

We Have Met the Enemy...and He Is Us............. 70

Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP

Work in Cycles............................. 72

James Leigh

To Thine Own Self Be True..................... 74

Harry Tucker

Meetings Don’t Write Code. ................... 76

William J. Mills

Chart a Course for Change..................... 78

Kathy MacDougall

IT Program Management: Shared Vision............ 80

David Diaz Castillo, MBA, PMP

Planning for Reality. ........................ 82

Craig Letavec, PMP, PgMP, MSP

The Fallacy of Perfect Execution................. 84

David Wood

Introduce a More Agile Communication System....... 86

Brian Sam-Bodden