Author: Brad Egeland

Brad Egeland is a Business Solution Designer and IT/PM consultant and author with over 25 years of software development, management, and project management experience leading initiatives in Manufacturing, Government Contracting, Creative Design, Gaming and Hospitality, Retail Operations, Aviation and Airline, Pharmaceutical, Start-ups, Healthcare, Higher Education, Non-profit, High-Tech, Engineering and general IT. Brad is married, a father of 10, and living in sunny Las Vegas, NV. Visit Brad's site at http://www.bradegeland.com/

Preparing for the project manager interview

Whether you’re preparing for your first project management interview, or you’re a seasoned project manager looking for his next gig or more senior level PM position, preparation is always a must. The job market is not back to what it was in the 1990s yet, that’s for sure! Analysts like to say unemployment is down … Continue reading

Why you need a work breakdown structure (WBS)

Work breakdown structure – that term used to make me cringe and it still does, to some degree. It sounds too rigid for my taste…too formal…too structured…too “official”. One definition of the WBS goes as follows: “A work breakdown structure (WBS) in project management and systems engineering, is a tool used to define and group … Continue reading

Keep the team focused on the project goals

Which do you prefer? Starting a project fresh and new that is all yours from beginning to end , or do you prefer to be the project manager who jumps in to save the day and takes over someone else’s work, sorting through the details to do your best to turn utter defeat into improbable … Continue reading

5 Reasons Why Project Portfolio Office Should be Your Tool of Choice for Online Project Portfolio Management

Looking for a project and portfolio management (PPM) tool that is truly configurable, flexible and won’t cost the earth? Look no further then, as the next installment of my “5 Reasons Why…” PM-related product overview series focuses on Project Portfolio Office (PPO). Designed by project managers to assist project teams within organizations of any size and across … Continue reading

What they don’t teach you in books about project management – Part two

In part one of this two part series, I covered two of what I consider to be four key skills that are critical to project management success. So far we’ve looked at resource conflict resolution and negotiation. In this second instalment, we will look at problem resolution and the ability to push changes through on … Continue reading

What they don’t teach you in books about project management – Part one

In some ways, project management is a black and white profession. There are standard activities you should do, must do and can do to help better ensure project success. You must communicate well and often, you should always produce timely status reports, you can always hold weekly team meetings to stay up to date on … Continue reading

Developing the project

All projects originate from somewhere: a need, a want, a directive, a problem, a catastrophic failure that needs correcting, and so on. Often, when problems arise in an organisation, they are quickly attacked by well-meaning individuals who want to solve the issue quickly. Whilst that may work for small issues, when the need or problem … Continue reading

Those Days You Don’t Want to be in Charge

Wondering why the topic of ‘project management’ came to me today? Good guess...because today is one of those days that I don't want to lead. I don't want to be in charge. I don't even really want to be the parent today. Thankfully, that is always temporary and usually only when I am sick or … Continue reading