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Send us Fan Mail Being wrong is perceived as a bad thing, but at the right time it’s the best thing you can be, especially if you want the best for the project.   Here’s why and when you should be happy to be wrong. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's...

Send us Fan Mail In fit out it’s becoming a popular route to commit to a budget before the design, in some cases has even started!   It can work if managed in the right way and you know how. But how do you make sure you don’t overspend if you’re the contractor or get true value if you’re the client?  This episode explains briefly how I’ve done it successfully when many other ways I’ve been involve...

Send us Fan Mail Today meetings, are they important? I’m not a fan of arranging meetings but they are a tool in the project management box that when used right are very effective.  The two things I highlight are - the meeting needs to be about the solution not the question to be effective and the meeting should be about being effective for the business not just about being important. AN EVEN BETTE...

Send us Fan Mail This episode explains what you need to focus on more as a manager on the client side of projects.  It also goes a bit partridge with penguins! AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project managers. Once you know, you know...

Send us Fan Mail We are told that we should work as a team, but what does that really mean in a project and are you truly being a team in your projects? AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project managers. Once you know, you know! www.c...

Send us Fan Mail What’s more important quality, cost or time in a project? … the answer is all of them but to get the best out of a project you have to prioritise one at at time and in an order to get the best end result.  This explains a bit more … it’s a beautiful day to! AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BE...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about something you all know is good but maybe also don’t see how to get the best value from.  Learning… AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project managers. Once you know, you know! www.cowshedprojects....

Send us Fan Mail You can set up how you manage your projects in different ways. There is no right way other than the way it works for you.  Here is a quick overview and some thoughts of how you could!  AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental...

Send us Fan Mail This is simple … when I say when you understand you know how to do things better.  But how often do you try to understand?  Be aware of one of the principles to better management of projects and you can get better value from them.  2 swans are a swimming, and it’s not Christmas!  AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF...

Send us Fan Mail Today how not being decisive can make you more decisive to make the right decisions.  I know it sound counter intuitive.  You don’t always have to be 100% sure, you can’t always be 100% sure, so use it to your advantage to make better decisions.  Try it it may help.  And the bluebells are out!  AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR...

Send us Fan Mail To understand is the foundation to getting better projects, decisions and value.  This episode explains why this podcast, what it is for and how it can help.  So you can understand!  AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental p...

Send us Fan Mail Brief follow up to episode 13 .. because I think  this gives another good insight into how not doing something may help and because I can’t edit files together yet …. Enjoy. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project ma...

Send us Fan Mail Today I talk about one of the principles I use in managing projects … don’t do it if you don’t need to.  Which has a sub heading of …. does it make it better.  It’s an idea which may help you be better that often gets ignored as an option.   AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the...

Send us Fan Mail Do you get frustrated by either decisions being made that shouldn’t by others or having to make them all yourself. Today a brief explanation of a technique that could get you value through allowing decisions to be made by all that aligns with the business goals.  It could save you and projects time.  Small gains add up to big wins.  Bluebells are out! AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode is about fear and how it holds projects and businesses back from achieving great things.  Especially in a top down run company.  I talk about how rubbish it made me and get wet.  There’s a squirrel!  There is a very good book I can recommended on fear in this context.  It’s an uncomfortable read at first because it scary realising you are wrong, until you accept...

Send us Fan Mail This time bats!!! And a brief explanation of why you don’t need project managers but you do need to understand project management.  Things get a bit weird with covering bases. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project...

Send us Fan Mail What is value? A bit more explained and my working introduction to it. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project managers. Once you know, you know! www.cowshedprojects.com

Send us Fan Mail Today I’ll explain the importance of getting the right information to make profit and good projects.  There is an incident with a tree, I talk a lot about trees and spreadsheets and apples. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accid...

Send us Fan Mail Today I ramble a bit about what you need to be a project manager and what you need to look for from a project manager.  There are trees, beware! AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project managers. Once you know, you kn...

Send us Fan Mail Today one of us swims, one of us explains one of the principles of getting value and better profits from your projects and for the business of 'the project is for the business'. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and acciden...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode sunny bounces, I explain a reason projects don't make the profits that they should with a concept centred around a bucket of gin.  AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and accidental project managers. Once you know,...

Send us Fan Mail It’s dark and sunny can’t be seen then it rains.  I give an Introduction to one of the principles to value focused managing. Trust and enable the right people and wondering why project managers want to be designers. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business....

Send us Fan Mail I explain a bit more about value and how you can find it, get it and give it in your projects and business.  Sunny chases a hare, I give a recent simple example of getting value from a three way with a writing box. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business. ...

Send us Fan Mail Sunny splashes ........ I talk about empowerment and how it adds value to your projects and business.  I introduce an example of the difference in a couple of businesses I've worked with. AN EVEN BETTER WAY  - COWSHED PROJECTS  VALUE FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TO MAKE YOUR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROFITS BETTER.    For the project and the business.  For SME's and ac...