During my career I’ve been privileged to have my writing published in a number of venues. Many of these articles are republished right here on the blog. Wherever it was possible, I arranged to maintain copyrights to my writing and give the publishers instead unlimited republishing rights. So you won’t see the text, for example, of my FORTUNE article. For many of the others though, the text can be found here at EPMGuidance.
In some of the listings below you will find the link to the reprinted article right here on the EPM Guidance Site. We are working on getting as many of these links updated as possible. You can also find additional on the EPM Articles page. Alternately, just use the title below and search for the article.Here then is an incomplete list of many of my articles…
FORTUNE Magazine, Winter 1997
Smart Ways to Buy Smart Products, “When Time is Money”
Contributing Editor: Chris Vandersluis
PM Times, 1996 – 2010
Deploying Project Management Software
Deploying PM – the plan
Integrating PM
Collaborative PM
Who’s collaborating?
How to start collaborating
Choosing collaboration tools
Third Party Tools
Contract Management
EPM
PM and the Web
Integration PM and the PMM
Multi-project management
Metrics management and PM
Project Stage Gating
The move to Solution Buying
Why I can’t train you in 2 days
What does EPM mean to you?
Gaming the process
That elusive proof of concept
What’s actually happening here
Do it yourself
The dash for dashboards
PPM and other acronyms
EPM Means so many things
Datamining
Project Manager Perspective
Commoditize
Are you ready to get restarted?
Display changes decisions
Enrolling the reluctant enterpriser
The Executive Connection
The indispensable project manager
It’s not how to do it, it’s should you do it
Chocolate or Vanilla
TANSTAAFL
It’s all coming together
Serving up soft skills
Dashboarding redux
The electric PMO
Head for the Hills
EPM in a Foreclosure economy
Can EPM Evolve out of the sum of its parts?
From small projects
Shutdown project management
The challenge of evaluating EPM software
The PM Salesman
Project Management Systems Maturity Model
MidMarket Enterprise Project Management Software
Softskills software
Are you Baselining?
EPM is pronounced PMO
Disaster Planning
Workflow wonders
Communication Plans
AMA Handbook of Project Management 2004, 2014
Enterprise Project Management Chapter
PMNetwork Magazine – 1999 – 2004
Magazine of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Nov 1999
Has CPM had its day?, Jan 2000
Batteries not included, Mar 2000
Web-based project management systems for Everyman, Jun 2000
Deployability A key to enterprise project management, Aug 2000
Are we heading back to the dark ages?, Oct 2000
Enterprise pm software – the search continues, Jan 2001
Device convergence, April 2001
PM Software in a bear market, July 2001
Services move in on technology, Sept 2001
A Letter to Santa, Dec 2001
Collaboration and Project Management tools, Jan 2002
Analysis vs. Commitment, Mar 2002
Microsoft moves onto the upper floor, Jun 2002
Resource Capacity Planning, Sep 2002
PM Tool Divergence, Dec 2002
Unstoppable force vs. unmovable object. Mar 2002
Big Bang or Phased-in approach, Dec 2002
Computing Canada 1994 – 2005
Regular columnist for Project Management column
Trends in Project Management Systems, Jan 1994
Designing and Implementing a Project Management System, Feb 1994
The Elusive Client/Server Project Management Environment, April 1994
Project Management and the Internet, August 1994
High-End vs Low-End Project Management Software, Sep 1994
Project Management and the Thanksgiving Supper, Nov 1994
Integrating Project Management Methodology with Software, Dec 1994
Project Management Software and Training – A Changing Environment, Jan 1995
Applying Project Management to I/S Projects, July 1995
Client/Server in Project Management Software, Jan 1995
Wading through the Project Management Acronyms, Jan 1995
Tracking time can be the first step in implementing project controls, Feb 1995
Multi-project Management, Mar 1995
Guidelines for Implementing Project Management Software, April 1995
Evaluating Project Management Software as a Return On Investment, May 1995
Is Using a Project Management Consultant Risky?, Jun 1995
Project Management Finally Comes to PM Software!, July 1995
Information Superhighway is a tool for project managers, Aug 1995
Project Management improves time to market, Aug 1995
Implementing Object Technology into Project Management Software., Sep 1995
Managing Resources Key to Professional Project Management, Sep 1995
Project Management Symposium brings out the best of PMs, Oct 1995
Project Management Plays Key Role at General Motors Diesel Division, Oct 1995
Executive Perspective on Project Management, Nov 1995
Project Management Software Moving to More Integrated Environments, Jan 1996
Selling Project Management, Feb 1996
Choosing Project Management Software for Your Organization, Feb 1996
PM Systems Make Maintenance More Effective, Mar 1996
Why Are There So Many PM Packages to Choose From?, April 1996
Internet-Enabled PM Software Just Around the Corner, May 1996
Getting the Horse ahead of the Cart, July 1996
Bundling 3rd Party Functionality into Project Management Software, Aug 1996
Security and Data Access key to Multi-Project Management, Sep 1996
Managing Time for Projects is Unique, Oct 1996
Resource Manager Tools – Is it the Wave of the Future?, Nov 1996
Managing Project Progress, Dec 1996
Database, database, who’s got the database?, Jan 1997
Keeping track of IT projects, April 1997
Web Interface to Project Management Software? Beware., Aug 1997
Risk analysis software: A definite safe bet, Sep 1997
The fantasy of real-time project management systems, Nov 1997
Sometimes it’s better to look integrated than be integrated, Aug 1997
Put the right project view in the right hands, Sep 1997
Need the latest. Be sure?, Oct, 1997
Managing Culture Shock, Dec 1997
Creating an environment for project management, Jan 1998
Selling Project Management to Management or… Why is this so hard?, Feb 1998
The Product Champion, Mar 1998
The Project Office; a time who’s come(again)?, Mar 1998
Changing a Culture happens one tiny procedure at a time, Apr 1998
Year 2000 (Y2K) and trends in project control, May 1998
When Resources have to come from nowhere, Jun 1998
Managing IS Projects in a Sea of Change, Aug 1998
Projectizing your business, Sep 1998
Managing time or time management?, Sep 1998
Deploying Enterprise-wide applications in a multi-national environment, Oct 1998
Integrate or Interface?, Nov 1998
Enterprise System Implementation Teams, Jan 1999
Thin is in, Feb 1999
Bloatware, Feb 1999
Is 3-tier a 4-letter word? Apr 1999
Biting off more than you can chew, Apr 1999
Y2K Chain Letter Nightmare, May 1999
Critical Path… Not so critical? Jun 1999
Third Party tools part of ERP Solution, Jul 1999
The year of planning dangerously, Aug 1999
Business to Business e-Commerce Hits the Enterprise, Sep 1999
SOP-98 – R&D accountability in the USA to affect everyone, Oct 1999
The enterprise arrives on the Palm, Nov 1999
Core systems are Ok? – Time to look at secondaries, Dec 1999
Are we headed back to the IBM 360?!, Jan 2000
Go for the little victory, Apr 2000
Web-based project tools taking over in IT, May 2000
Enterprise Project Systems – The Holy Grail?, Jul 2000
A 2nd chance for Java?, Sep 2000
Can a leopard change its spots?, Oct 2000
Integrated real-time project management – Myth or reality?, Nov 2000
Path of least resistance, Dec 2000
Silo Management – No this not about farming, Jan 2001
Project managers don’t always manage from the top, Feb 2001
Project Management Software Shakeout, Mar 2001
Pilot Projects – Do they need Air Traffic Control?, Apr 2001
Tough times? Look to Project Management
The Keys to Our Success, 2nd edition, Dec 2019
“Lessons Learned from 25 of Our Best Project Managers”, Chapter: Between the Tasks
Chief Project Officer Magazine 2004 – 2005
I Don’t Get No Respect
The Human Factor
CPO and BPR
Where to Start
Leverage Let’s try Structural Tension
CPO in the Boardroom
Microsoft Technet 2005 – 2015
A phased EPM Approach
Roadmapping an EPM Deployment
Resource Management
The Challenges of Selecting Enterprise Project Management Software
Project Management Systems Maturity Model
Balancing the Matrix
The Executive Connection
The Bat Phone
Be a Solution Buyer
Centralize or Decentralize
Enterprise Project Systems Deployment Best Practices
Creating your Enterprise Project Management Deployment Plan
Dashboard Directions
They Say they want a Resolution
Top Down or Bottom Up?
Would you like some EPM with that?
Charging Ahead on Charge Codes
Cancelling a Project without Cancelling your Career
Breaking Bad – News
Are we there yet?
Trick or Track
We are selling holes not drills
Is there a pilot on board?
Selecting Enterprise PM Software – It’s back to the future, Jun 2001
Tough times? Look to Project Management, July 2001
Capitalization and why it matters, Aug 2001
Enterprise Software – Integrated or Best of Breed, Sep 2001
Choosing the right projects – the first step to success, Oct 2001
Project management is not just planning, Nov 2001
Giving up on a project, Dec 2001
Microsoft jumps into the deep end with MS Project, Feb 2002
Collaboration and Project Management go hand-in-hand, Mar 2002
Multi-Project Management – It’s the universal challenge, May 2002
Never mind the solution sell – what about the solution buy?, Jun 2002
This is the time to invest in Project Management, Aug 2002
Prioritizing projects – it’s a must when there’s more than one, Sep 2002
Training the Project Professionals, Nov 2002
Integration is always at the lowest common denominator, Jan 2003
Looking back and then forward. Mar 2003
Project Management and Web Portals, Mar 2003
Start with the simple things, May 2003
Keeping score is now a project task, July 2003
Project Management in a Post-Enron world, Aug 2003
PM tools: Open Source or Commercial?, Sep 2003
Portfolio Management – Choosing the right projects, Oct 2003
Agile project management for a changing world, Feb 2004
Maturity comes to Project Management, Mar 2004
EPM stands for Effort Project Management, May 2004
Be sure you the cure you’re seeking is what you want, Aug 2004
Are you ready to do what it takes?, Sep 2004
Breaking down the epm business benefit, Oct 2004
Enterprise Project Management means many things to many people, Jan 2005
You’ve got to make it over the first hurdle in EPM, Feb 2005
Centralized or de-centralized enterprise project management, Mar 2005
Is it better to look integrated or be integrated?, May 2005
Bypassing the dotted line, Aug 2005
Scorecard source data needs standards, Sep 2005
Making the Chief Project Officer (CPO) part of the executive suite, Nov 2005
Heavy Construction News
Knowing Needs is Essential, May 1993
A Look At Trends in Management Systems, May 1994
Making a Choice: High-end or Low-end Project Management Software, Mar 1905
Canadair Defense Systems Division effective project control, Jan 1996
Project (UK) Magazine
Trends in Project Management, Feb 1997
Canadian Defense Quarterly
When Time is Money, Sep 1997
Delphi Informant magazine
Enterprise Timekeeping – A Delphi Success Story, October 1998
Center for Business Practices
Collaboration means learning to work together, Jan 2004
The trend in enterprise project management systems design, Mar 2004
PM World Journal
www.pmworldjournal.com
Increase Resource Capacity without Hiring, Sep 2018
The Pyramid of Project and Resource Management, Oct 2022
Is the era of the Project Management Office at an End? Dec 2023
CMA Magazine
www.cpacanada.ca/news/pivot-magazine/archives/cma-magazine-archives
Project Management means managing by project, July 2002
Ivey Business Journal
Creating effective international marketing channels, 1999