Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:07:03 GMT https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blogs/258055/the-pm-observer I'm not a project manager, but I play one on the internet. As editorial director of gantthead since 2000, I have been living in the project management world for a decade now, and I'd like to share my inside-outsider view of the art, science, discipline and industry of project management https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/2483/hide-and-seek Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:50:00 GMT It was 10 years ago that gantthead started its mission of making project managers more successful. The biggest mystery, to my mind, is how the site has grown and changed so much while all of the people around here look EXACTLY as we did back in 2000...weird.  Despite the freakish lack ... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/2474/movie-violence Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:17:32 GMT We recently published an article by Michael Aucoin that illustrates how character development in (good) movies can teach us something about agile project management. Like the vast majority of articles around here, it's a great read and insightful, and I recommend you all take a few minutes ... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/2311/borderline-crazy Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:34:09 GMT I just got a chance to watch Rory Kennedy's documentary The Fence on HBO. It's about 35 minutes long, and outlines pretty much every element of terrible project management that you can think of. The film is about the fence (or wall or whatever you want to call the structure) along the U.S.-M... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/2284/planning-a-zombie-attack Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:57:01 GMT Unless you happen to be keenly interested in Northern Virginia community theater, you are probably unaware that I am a sometimes actress around here. It's fun and keeps me out of trouble. Also, I like applause. A lot. I've done some stage managing as well, which isn't quite as fun, becau... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/2282/my-kitchen-project Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:41:15 GMT This isn't about a renovation and contractors who won't show up and insufficient tile resources or anything like that. This is about the very unwanted project that started in my kitchen about a week ago...I don't know what the objectives are, but it seems to be moving quickly and based o... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/2193/my-first-confession Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:09:03 GMT Forgive me, ganttheads. It's time to come clean.  I am a shameless follower of reality television. There, I said it. Now, before you roll your eyes and click off to somewhere else, let me explain how GREAT this is for project management. If you take a moment to cruise the cable box,... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/2150/inside-and-outside Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:50:16 GMT In 1999, I joined a nascent gantthead as its "ruthless" editor--at least that's what the ad said. Having no ruth whatsoever, I figured I qualified. I didn't really understand "project management" as a profession or an industry, but I had been running a print magazine for ...