The champagne is popped, the project is officially “live,” and the team is ready to move on. But if you think your quality responsibilities end at Go Live, you’re setting your project up for a painful post-mortem. The Myth of the “Finished” Project Too often, Project Managers treat go-live as the finish line. The reality…
A quality committee shouldn’t just be a rubber stamp for documents. If your committee meetings feel like a formality, you are missing out on one of the most powerful governance tools a Project Manager has. The Problem with “Check-Box” Committees In many organisations, the quality committee exists only on paper or meets infrequently to sign…
There is a line item missing from most project budgets. It does not appear in the cost baseline, it is not tracked in the risk register, and it is rarely discussed in steering committee meetings. Yet it is often the most expensive item on the project. It is the cost of poor quality — and…
Your scope statement is your first quality document — and if it is weak, every quality decision that follows is built on sand. This post explains why scope and quality are the same conversation, and introduces the Quality Lens Review to strengthen your requirements before sign-off.
Most project managers treat Risk and Quality as separate disciplines. But every quality failure is a risk that was not managed — and every unmanaged risk is a quality failure waiting to happen. This post breaks down exactly where they intersect and introduces a practical tool to get them talking.
Ask ten project managers what “quality” means and you’ll get ten different answers. Some will point to the sign-off checklist. Some will say it’s about meeting the client’s requirements. A few will mention ISO 9001. And at least one will quietly admit they’re not entirely sure — they just know it when they see it….
In action at the International SHERQ Conference in Swaziland – discussing the difference between SMART and CLEAR goals
Photo’s from my presentation on 24th August at the Garland Ladies Luncheon. Spoke extensively about 20 Beautiful Women Africa Edition, and admonished them to write their own story. We each have our own story, and when we write it firstly it makes it available to others to glean the benefit of our experience – but…
Adele Buys interviewing me about the book 20 Beautiful Women: Africa Edition. Purchase your copy here: http://michellemills.co.za/20upliftingstories