11/27/06 Tip of the Week. Sales Process: Tip 1 - Think in terms of the customer Purchase Cycle.
November 24, 2006
Most sales professionals follow a sales cycle process to ensure that they have the best possible chance of selling their product offering to the prospect. Such a process has steps for lead generation, pre-sales, sales, installation, and service, etc.... Read more...
ITIL mind map
November 23, 2006
Nice ITIL (SS/SD volumes) mind map, here. -ctb Read More →
JC Martin blog
November 23, 2006
Another blog to like. (Added left.) Hadn't heard of CRML before. -ctb Read More →
ITSM report
November 22, 2006
More good coverage of ITIL politics here. (I've added it to my blog list on the left.) Read More →
Deciding when to intervene on projects
November 22, 2006
I had to stop myself today, I was about to step in and help the team work out an issue, but I recognized they were sorting it out just fine and it would be better to stay out of it. Project managers working on agile projects know that they need to step... Read more...
ITIL and ITSM politics
November 20, 2006
More ITIL politics, here. And here. What does this mean to you? ITIL and IT Service Management are not the same thing Powerful players, now marginalized by recent UK government decisions, are trying to build momentum around an "ITIL plus"... Read more...
Episode 023 - Flexible Project Model
November 20, 2006
In this podcast, I share the first of a two-part discussion with Doug DeCarlo, author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles, and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility, on Critical Success Factor #3 from his book: The Flexible... Read more...
Where’s the podcast???
November 19, 2006
Hi everyone! I was hoping my schedule was going to loosen up a bit and allow me to put out my shows on a more frequent basis … alas, tis not so. I was in the beautiful cities of Chicago and Washington DC the last two weeks for work and wasn’t... Read more...
Episode # 15 - Commitment To Success - You break it, you bought it!
November 19, 2006
Episode #15 - Commitment To Success - You break it, you bought it! Notes – You break it, you bought it! Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP Who came up with that saying anyway? The world may never know however,... Read more...
Conflict Management Humor: The 10 Best Ways to Win an Argument
November 17, 2006
I was reading a post titled Difficult Conversations: It’s Easy to Misunderstand, So Curb Your Outrage a Moment where the author, Dr. Tammy Lenski, mentions her "tongue & cheek" post titled The 10 Best Ways to Win an Argument. I mention... Read more...