The cure for optimism isn’t pessimism. It’s data from projects that already finished. The first three parts of this series diagnosed the disease. Whenever several estimates compete and the most extreme one wins, the winner is the one who was most wrong. Cursed bids, cursed business cases, cursed deadlines. This part is the treatment. Five […]
Category: Project Management
Elite Teams Over-Train Before the Mission: How to Prepare for the New PMP® Exam
PMP® candidates who took a practice test, scored 62%, and promised yourself you’d study harder next month: the elite version of you doesn’t study harder. They rehearse the failure before it happens, so that by exam day the hard question is one they’ve already seen. This is the fourth post in our Elite Teams series, […]
How to Stand Out as a Project Manager: Be the One Who Builds
PMI chose “Built to Move” as the theme of its 2026 Global Summit in Detroit. Its pitch for the event: “The world of work is changing faster than ever, and so is the project profession. Those who thrive choose agility over rigidity, moving when it matters most.” Read the theme literally and it points somewhere […]
How to Earn 60 PDUs for PMP Renewal (Without Spending a Fortune)
You need 60 PDUs every three-year cycle to renew your PMP®: at least 35 from Education activities spread across PMI’s Talent Triangle, and up to 25 from Giving Back activities. The fastest reliable path is a structured 60-PDU course bundle — self-paced, fully reportable, and finishable in weeks of part-time effort — with free webinars […]
Watermelon Reports: When a Green Status Hides a Red Project — and How to Audit Your Doubt
The slide says green. Your stomach says otherwise. Nothing you can point to, exactly. The demo that was supposed to anchor the review got rescheduled again. The dependencies slide has grown a little vaguer each month. The forecast still lands on the same end date it always has, no matter what happens in between. There […]