Ten Commandments of Project Management

Projects are essentially operated in an environment in which Uncertainties, Complexities and Pressure of time are foremost realities. It is about managing changes to the way the organization works and the way in which people do and react to changes in their work. Project managers need all the help they can get to succeed. So here, James Kerr coined a list of the Ten Commandments of Project Management in Computerworld.

I. Thou Shalt Narrow Project Scope

II. Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Fat Team

III. Thou Shalt Require Full-Time Business Participation

IV. Thou Shalt Establish Project Review Panels

V. Thou Shalt Not Provoke Burnout

VI. Thou Shalt Seek Outside Assistance as Needed

VII. Thou Shalt Empower Project Teams

VIII. Thou Shalt Use Project Management Tools

IX. Thou Shalt Reward Success

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Kerr is a former CIO and current president of Kerr Consulting Group in Cromwell, Conn.