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Methodology Is Your Friend
Projects@Work   (July 29, 2004)




Most organizations still don't have good project methodologies, and if they do, project managers typically aren't following them, industry veteran Tom Mochal says.

Author of "Lessons in Project Management" and 24-year veteran of project management at Eastman Kodak, Cap Gemini E&Y and The Coca-Cola Company, Tom Mochal has also offered his insights to the ProjectsAtWork audience over the years. In a 2002 article, Mochal wrote:
 
"When you mention methodology to many project managers, their eyes roll upward as if saying, ‘Oh no, something else to get in the way of getting my project done on time.’ The term methodology often brings to mind an unwelcome image — maybe partly because the word itself is a bit ponderous and self-important. But all project managers use processes, procedures, templates and practices to manage a project. In other words, all project managers use a methodology, whether it is a personalized one based on experience or a formal one defined by an employer, purchased from a vendor or taught by a consultant."
 
Two years later, ProjectsAtWork catches up with Mochal — now president of TenStep Inc.



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