Gantt Charts for Legal Service Work
Gantt charts have been a core project management tool ever since their invention by Henry Gantt in the 1910s.…
Using project scorecards to improve the deployment of legal project managers
Legal project managers are a scarce resource and in demand. Law firms must find ways of managing the deployment of…
Legal Project Management Trends and Issues
What are the current trends and issues in Legal Project Management (LPM)? Previously I have written about longer term trends…
Stakeholder Analysis in Three Easy Steps
Stakeholder Analysis is something which is often not done properly or skipped entirely during project planning. I speak from experience…
Legal Project Management For Beginners: 10 questions and answers
Legal Project Management has grown immensely since I started this blog site in 2012. Most people in the legal services…
Maximising client value with legal project management
In my last post I argued that well-known principles of supply chain management can be applied to legal service delivery.…
Can supply chain management concepts be applied to legal services?
In the latest edition of his book Tomorrow’s Lawyers, Richard Susskind says that The discipline of legal project management should,…
How to plan and run more effective legal project meetings
When running legal projects of all kinds, meetings are necessary. If run well, legal project meetings are productive and propel…
Responding to increasing demand for legal project management services
The demand for legal project management (LPM) services continues to increase, especially here in the U.K. In this post I…
How to create and use a legal matter schedule
A legal matter schedule is an essential component of matter planning. A good matter schedule is not only a planning…