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SHORTS: Why I’m Fed Up With PMI: A Rant Against AI
It's crazy-pants to think that an organization would keep someone on the payroll whose entire job is to just talk to the project team members, while AI does all the project management work
Jer
Apr 306 min read
A Reader Responds: “How I Improved a Companies Processes, Sped Up Project Timelines, and Saved Them a Fortune, and Was Fired for It.”
If you had an opportunity to get sign off on the user experience before any work starts, why wouldn't you?
Jer
Apr 2310 min read
Your Accreditation Body Sucks: How Professional Certifications Crush Your Soul
To suggest that you have a book with all the answers, but you must pore over it to truly understand it isn't a cert program, it's a religion
Josh
Apr 168 min read
It's Good to Be Queen
an autonomous PMO is driven by delivering the project. A project team without that autonomy is driven by making someone else happy
Jer
Apr 98 min read


They're Babies with a Second Grade Reading Level
If you met a baby who could read at a second-grade level, you would be pretty impressed, right?
Jer
Apr 211 min read
Your Project Team Sucks: When Grotesque Inefficiency Isn’t a Strong Enough Descriptor
why are AAA games so damn expensive to make? Is it the voice actors; the marketing; corporate expenses?
Josh
Mar 2611 min read
When PMing Turns into Babysitting
The client wanted me to communicate with everyone what had happened. What went down was a slow-motion train wreck in 4k.
Jer
Nov 27, 202413 min read
Why Your Project Team Sucks: Your Organization Loves to Hurt those who Help
Finding the right template takes time. Why would you put in the effort if you’re just going to get hit with directors in full riot gear?
Jer
Nov 20, 20248 min read
The Not So Quiet Genius of Herb Wasserman
Herb recognized that clients are “snot-sucking bastards with the IQ of lumpy fucking gravy.”
Josh
Jun 10, 20247 min read
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