The Project Management Blueprint

How Will We Build It?

Why step 5 is about establishing acquisition and resource plans...

Oct 19 • Mark Warner

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How Good Is Good Enough?

Why establishing acceptance criteria is Step 4 of the Blueprint

Oct 12 • Mark Warner

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What, Exactly?

Why step 3 of the Blueprint is about establishing a project’s scope

Oct 5 • Mark Warner

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September 2026

Who’s on Second?

Why early identification of stakeholders is key to project success

Sep 29 • Mark Warner

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Get Step 1 Wrong. Get Everything Wrong.

Eight reasons POKRs and the Mission Statement come first.

Sep 21 • Mark Warner

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Buggy Whips, Obi-Wan, and the AI Holdout

Artificial Intelligence is here, whether you want it to be or not....

Sep 11 • Mark Warner

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August 2026

Tinkering, Tailoring, Scaling, and Progressive Elaboration

How three related techniques can help us apply the 10 steps of the Blueprint correctly to our unique projects

Aug 31 • Mark Warner

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Every Project Is Different. Every Project Is The Same.

The common path to uncommon project success.

Aug 24 • Mark Warner

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Accept or Mitigate. There is no try, er... Avoid or Transfer...

The four traditional risk responses aren't correct. Kinda.

Aug 17 • Mark Warner

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June 2026

Presentations as Projects

Yep, even putting a short 20-minute talk together should get the full Blueprint treatment...

Jun 29 • Mark Warner

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March 2026

Project Diary: For Reference Only

The power of a strawman/reference design in planning projects

Mar 2 • Mark Warner

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January 2026

Project Diary: Sometimes You Gotta BRAG about the Project

Using a "stoplight" report to describe progress, status, and potential issues

Jan 12 • Mark Warner

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