Large projects are usually more important and tend to score or rank highly. However, because of their size, they may score or rank extremely low, as they eliminate many smaller projects that reviewers may consider necessary.

Taking a business case approach, where options ranging from “status quo” to “do everything (merge), is the best approach. Focus early on higher-level evaluations of financials, infrastructure, human resources, and information technology systems.

For project managers, focusing on the six essential visuals within the Illustrate bone of the FINESSE Fishbone Diagram® is very helpful.

The power of systems thinking lies in recognizing that effectiveness comes from integration, not perfection.

My rule of thumb is that 1200 words correlate to 10 minutes of speaking time.

Master plan developers must recognize participants may have vested positions. The goal is not to eliminate divisions, but to foster understanding and leave room for negotiation. This calls for nuance and sequencing.

Empathy creates bridges. It’s what transforms technical expertise into shared understanding.

Shared risk models have been fairly common over the past 5 years in alternative project delivery for managing cost uncertainty while accelerating delivery.

Hurricane Helene's aftermath presents a clear case study of why capital projects can stall before money, permits, and regulatory clarity are aligned.

Above all, you build trust, lead with clarity, and make the challenging aspects of projects run more smoothly.

In our training and workshops, we discuss three things that can be used to avoid ethical issues.

It’s easy for those same leaders to cross the line from responsible oversight into operational program delivery.

According to Google, these are the top six topics we published in the last five years that are surging.

Our approach to Program Development is captured in the 3D's – Decisions, Development, and Delivery.

Outside consultants tend to push organizations in this direction. So do project managers from high-reliability organizations or sectors.

Guesstimate blend of the words “guess” and “estimate.”

... a few rules of thumb on how many engineers a local government needs.

You are either a trusted advisor, a persuader, or a manipulator. "Cherry-picking" information is the single biggest threat to credibility.

The story is a constant one. I saw it again just last week on a big program. In that case, one of the project managers saw an incident as...

The infrastructure crisis leaves us with too much public money to spend and too few people to manage the work. One trending solution is...