Project management gets messy.
I’m Dr. Brian Ables, a working Senior Program Manager.
I write about what actually happens when the plan changes, the stakeholder pushes back, the decision stalls, and the PM still has to figure out what to do next.
The Ground Truth
Real PM problems.
Real decisions.
What actually happened.
A physical monthly letter for project & program managers.
Every month, I break down one real situation from inside my work as a Senior Program Manager, the decision I made, and what happened next.
$10/month
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The Sunday Debrief
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The Sunday Debrief is my free weekly email about project management, leadership, career decisions, and the situations that don’t always make it into a LinkedIn post.
Need help thinking through a specific situation?
I also offer 30-minute 1:1 coaching sessions for project and program managers who want an outside perspective on a specific project, leadership, or career decision.
Bring the situation. We’ll work through it.
Who is Dr. B?
I’m Dr. Brian Ables, PMP, a working Senior Program Manager.
I’ve spent more than two decades leading people, projects, programs, and organizations in high-pressure environments, including 21 years in the Air Force community and now in defense contracting.
I’ve worked on programs measured in billions of dollars.
But the most useful lessons I’ve learned are not always the ones you find in a certification course or project management textbook.
They come from delayed decisions, difficult stakeholders, changing priorities, imperfect information, and having to make the call anyway.
That is what I write about in The Ground Truth and The Sunday Debrief.
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