Brian Irwin

As project managers we frequently find ourselves in situations which require quick thinking, astute political skill, and conflict management ability. This is the art behind the science of project management, and what Brian Irwin considers to be the difference between a good project manager and a great one.

Brian has worked in project and program management roles for more than fifteen years for companies such as Gateway 2000, Hewlett Packard, and Rockwell Collins. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Project Management, both from Colorado Technical University in Colorado Springs. He is certified as a Project Management Professional through the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Brian's experience includes roles focusing on project teaming, leadership development, assessment and recovery of troubled projects, and OPM3 organizational self-assessment and improvement implementations. He also lends his time to serve a leadership role on the OPM3 2008 update team and the Portfolio Management Standards team for PMI. Brian frequently speaks on project management topics. His book Managing Politics and Conflict in Projects (published by Management Concepts) was released in January 2008.

Brian welcomes questions and comments at politicaledge@pmteamdynamics.com.

Pay Attention to Me!
Handling engineers run amok and inattentive project sponsors.
The project sponsor, the Vice-President of the business unit, remains unresponsive to my requests for information. I sometimes send two or three reminder email queries about the same thing. Is there anything I can do? Read more ...

Pay Attention to Me!
Handling engineers run amok and inattentive project sponsors.
The project sponsor, the Vice-President of the business unit, remains unresponsive to my requests for information. I sometimes send two or three reminder email queries about the same thing. Is there anything I can do? Read more ...

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