Time flys when you are having a good time.

I just checked in to make a new posting here and found that I have been a "bad boy".  I have been gone for a month. It seemed like just yesterday.

That makes it a good time to review Dr Rogers' Rule No 1 and No 2.

Rule No. 1 If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. No matter what the goal, even managing artists, you set the measurements, set a baseline, and then measure your progress and report against the baseline. If you aren't measuring success or failure then you are not practicing good project management. You might be doing something else but it isn't project management.

OOPS! I set the measurement as a weekly one page blog. I failed to manage the measurement stage. Remember you get to set the metrics. My meetrics were one one-page blog post  each week.

 Rule No. 2 Failure to plan is a plan for failure. If you start a project (or any endeavor) without at least rudimentary plans you will be defeated, unless you are incredibly lucky.

OOPS Again! I didn't have a good plan for actualization. I failed to set a time and place for blogging and I fell behind and failed. I also took on a significant remodelling project that is on track for completion by March, but it was a tough start up.

How am I going to correct these failures?

1. Post the metrics in my office where I can see them.
2. Set a specific time and place each week to go to my blogging place and make my postings.
3. Simplify my life by dropping some other task.

Simplicity in plans and updates and following your own rules will help you succeed,.

As a teacher I can get away with a failure now and then. My failures rarely have a significant effect on others than myself. My successes I hope have more of an impact. However if you are managing projects that effect the lives of others and involve large teams you cannot fail to plan or measure. Make it a daily part of your lives.

Mea culpa! I will get back on track.

However as it is the solstice season my next post will be on Rule 8 Have Fun!