project management

Elephant Post: Is It “Legal” Project Management or Just Project Management?

By Greg Lambert on June 9, 2011

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This week’s Elephant Post question on Project Management (PM) centers around the concept of is PM conducted in a law firm setting significantly different enough from PM conducted, say in a Fortune 500 company, that it deserves its own classification? Is it Legal Project Management (LPM)? Or, is it simply…

Write-downs, Write-offs and LPM

By Toby Brown on November 23, 2010

Based on comments from the prior post, “The End of Write-offs?” I thought it would be a good idea to peel back another layer on this onion. The prior post was purposely over-simplified, to focus on the issues of AFAs and LPM. This post will better explore the impact of realization on

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The 'Fuzzy' Difference Between Case Management & Legal Project Management

By Greg Lambert on June 24, 2010

I sat in yesterday on an event hosted by LexisNexis on the webinar/virtual panel entitled “The Discipline and Benefits of Project Management.” The two panelist were Bruce MacEwan, Founder, Adam Smith Esq., and Tom Birsic, Partner and Litigation Practice Leader, K&L Gates, and both had a lot to say about the current state…

Yes – It is Time to Re-think Expenses

By Toby Brown on June 17, 2010

In response to Mark Medice’s post – Yes, it is past time for law firms to re-think expenses. There have been a lot of discussions about firm’s cutting expenses. And an equal or greater number of discussions on being more efficient (even here on 3 Geeks). What is needed is a re-thinking that merges these

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Consultants, Clients and Firms – Everyone Is Talking… No One Is Doing

By Greg Lambert on June 16, 2010

Interesting topic going on over at the Hildebrandt blog on whether it is time to develop new ideas for measuring performance at law firms. In Lisa Smith’s post “Time for New Metrics“, she lays out some interesting new categories that law firms should develop to show how they are managing their business:

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Legal Project Management software emerges: The Onit Beta

By Toby Brown on May 18, 2010

Thanks to a tip from Jim Hassett, I had the opportunity to see a demo of the new beta version of Onit Project Manager. This system fits nicely with Jim’s “low hanging fruit” approach to Legal Project Management (LPM). Eric Elfman, a founder of the company, was nice enough to come by

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Strategy – The Space Between AFAs and LPM

By Toby Brown on April 21, 2010

Let’s assume for a moment that Legal Project Management (LPM) exists and we have an LPMer ready to go. Now let’s assume we have just acquired an Alternative Fee Arrangement (AFA) matter on a fixed fee. So … we’re ready to go?

Hold on there scooter. Not so fast.

Although the LPMer is the right

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Requirements and Differentiators

By Toby Brown on April 15, 2010

Some recent posts on the hot and getting hotter topic of Legal Project Management (LPM) somehow reactivated some dormant college brain cells. After ‘enjoying’ 10 years of Economics I did my best to suppress those memories, but yet they still seem to pop up at the oddest times.

The concepts that came to mind were

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15 of the 60 TECHSHOW Sites

By Toby Brown on March 30, 2010

I had the privilege and pleasure of serving on the “60 Sites in 60 Minutes” closing panel for the 2010 TECHSHOW held last week in Chicago. This 60 Sites session is always fast-paced, fun and funny. Along with Debbie Foster (TECHSHOW Chair), Adriana Linares and Ernie Svenson, we dashed through web sites ranging from

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10 Rules for Successful Project Management – Adapted to Your Project

By Greg Lambert on March 22, 2010

I always enjoy reading project management articles that are written for specific industries, and then seeing if they also apply for managing projects outside of those industries. This morning I came across one such posting on one of my favorite blogs, Heavy Mental. Although the post describes the ten keys of project management for…