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Bill Holmes
May 9, 20184 min read
Are you Waterfall? How passé!
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but...


Bill Holmes
May 1, 20184 min read
Are You Agile? Gosh, I hope not!
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” Albert Einstein “The...


Bill Holmes
Apr 24, 20183 min read
Training, Training, Training!!
“A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as well as a...


Bill Holmes
Apr 16, 20184 min read
Joey’s Story….
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” Will Rogers “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves...


Bill Holmes
Apr 8, 20184 min read
Data Science is Changing the Role of Subject Matter Experts in Projects
“There’s no going back, and there’s no hiding the information. So let everyone have it.” Andrew Kantor “Sunlight is the best...


Bill Holmes
Mar 31, 20183 min read
Is Everything Really Important? Procurement And The New PMBOK®
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell, The...


Bill Holmes
Mar 21, 20183 min read
Some Changes to Risk Identification: PESTLE, TECOP and VUCA, oh my!
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou “Whosoever desires constant success...


Bill Holmes
Mar 13, 20183 min read
That New PMBOK® Is A Big Kid!
“If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it yourself.” Albert Einstein “There is no greatness where there is not...


Bill Holmes
Mar 3, 20182 min read
It's Time to Revive The Triple Constraints!
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Confucius “Simplicity is a great virtue, but it requires hard work to...


Bill Holmes
Feb 23, 20182 min read
There Is A New Risk Response Strategy!
“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.” Warren Buffett “This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of...


Bill Holmes
Feb 14, 20183 min read
Everyone Who Doesn’t Agree With Me Is An Idiot!
“Don't hold strong opinions about things you don't truly understand. “ Kid Cudi “Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong...


Bill Holmes
Feb 7, 20183 min read
Let Go Of The Leash
"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from...


Bill Holmes
Jan 30, 20183 min read
Project Management Ethics and Professional Conduct – Part 5
“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner...


Bill Holmes
Jan 22, 20183 min read
Project Management Ethics and Professional Conduct – Part 4
“To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.” Roseanne Barr “The world...


Bill Holmes
Jan 12, 20183 min read
Project Management Ethics and Professional Conduct – Part 3
“Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is...


Bill Holmes
Jan 6, 20184 min read
Project Management Ethics and Professional Conduct – Part 2
“There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.”...


Bill Holmes
Dec 28, 20173 min read
Project Management Ethics and Professional Conduct – Part 1
“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” C. S. Lewis “Victory has a thousand...


Bill Holmes
Dec 21, 20173 min read
A Word About Virtue
“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To...


Bill Holmes
Dec 14, 20173 min read
Ethics – What Guides You?
“The question I should have asked is not what is the rule, but what is the principle.” Andrew Fastow “Nothing good happens in a bar...


Bill Holmes
Dec 2, 20174 min read
What Does “Ethics” Mean to You?
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.” Aristotle...
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