The Times Are Changing ... Are you?

The end of the year is not only a good time to reflect but also to perform that ever so important part of any Project Mangers role ... Lessons Learned.  Perhaps the most important lesson I learned this year involves a unique project I was tasked with completing. I was assigned the huge challenge of a Designing a SharePoint solution for a company wide intranet, including a solution for the PMO. The PMO solution needed to include a repository for project documents, confidential financial documents and the usual project inputs and outputs - issues, action items and risk lists. The Problem: This was an internal project funded by overhead, not from an external client or vendor source and stakeholders wanted it done without much time or input from them. They wanted it done right and it had to work for everyone. 'Everyone' meant, HR, Development, Finance, executives, remote and in house developers, too.   Without requirements, some of the dilemmas I encountered included: No def