Articles by Dr. Brown

The Case for Quality When Cost and Schedule are King Everyone likes to take pride in their work. This includes project managers and project teams. Often this pride is diminished because the pressure to maintain schedule and cost results in sacrifices to quality. Read more...

Negotiating Schedule Changes with Sponsors Change requests are inevitable in project management. Often the project sponsor may not grasp the ramifications of the change’s impact, especially when that impact delays the project’s scheduled completion date. This article published in the PMI Community Post, outlines three necessary tactics for negotiating schedule changes. Read more...

The Practice of Managing - Book Review Maverick business professor Henry Mintzberg's new book, Managing (Berrett-Koehler-2009) is a must read for those serious about management. He bases his book on the idea that "It is time to recognize that managing is neither science nor a profession; it is a practice, learned primarily through experience and rooted in context." This article published in The Systems Thinker outlines the key points of the book... Read more...

Pave the Way for Innovation Everyone can agree that organizational innovation is a valuable asset that’s necessary to compete in today’s hyper-competitive business environment.  This article published in the PMI Community Post, outlines three keys for innovation.  Read more...

What They Really Think of You - Keys to Successful Feedback The odds are very high that regardless of how highly skilled and capable you are, there are ways for you to improve as a project manager, team member or leader.  This article published in the PMI Community Post, details six keys for effective feedback.  Read more...

Triple A: 3 Intangible Skills to Make You Successful  Intangible skills take you beyond adequate performance to excellent performance. This article published in the PMI Community Post, details three essential characteristics for all project managers.  Read more...

Managing Stakeholder Expectations Successful project managers know that success goes beyond the triple constraint deliverables and includes stakeholder expectations. This article published in the PMI Community Post, will provide steps that will ensure positive outcomes from stakeholders. Read more...

Manage Your "PMP Exam Study" Project Don’t even start to prepare for the PMP Exam until you read this article. This article will save you money, time, grief and maximize your chances for success. Read more...

Project Status How an organization obtains and communicates project status is very important an often a first step to a healthy project management culture. Read Dr. Brown’s article on project status that was published in in Projectsatwork.com. Read more...

Risk Attitudes A sidebar on the importance of "Risk Attitudes" by Dr. Brown was published in the May 2006 issue of PMI’s PM Network magazine in the article Balancing Act. Read more...

Cleared for Liftoff Industrial engineering is front and center in space shuttle safety at NASA. Read more...

Project Management Tips Dr. Brown's tips on managing stakeholders and dealing with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in the project management process are listed in "Five Tips Toward Smoother Accounting Projects". Read more...

Interview with Space Coast Chronicle Why do so many companies focus on project management today? Read more...