by Tim Mulcahy | Oct 18, 2021 | Leadership & Skills, Project Management, View All
What Is a Project Charter? A project charter can be a useful project management tool for the practice of law. The charter is the authorizing document for a project. It contains information describing the scope of the project, a rough estimate of its cost, the value of...
by Tim Mulcahy | Oct 6, 2021 | Agile, Project Management, View All
A recent trend in law firm management is to bring the practice of project management and law together. The motivation for this appears to be to maintain firm profitability in fixed fee arrangements. If a firm’s lawyers spend too much time on a matter, it reduces the...
by Tim Mulcahy | Aug 14, 2021 | Leadership & Skills, Project Management
I’m reading “Leadership and the One Minute Manager,” by Ken Blanchard. The book discusses “situational leadership,” which essentially means that a manager’s leadership style must vary depending on the competency of the person being managed. As I was reading the book...
by Tim Mulcahy | Jul 20, 2021 | Agile, Leadership & Skills, View All
Let’s face it, change is hard. Whether you’re a project manager or a CEO implementing major changes to your organization is difficult. There are usually two types of obstacles. One is institutional. Organizations have a certain momentum. Making changes requires you...
by Tim Mulcahy | Jun 29, 2021 | Project Management, View All
Many years ago, I had neighbors who owned and operated a B&B. They had a barn on their property which burned to the ground. Instead of replacing the barn, they decided to build a large conference space that included a commercial kitchen and the ability to seat...
