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...
11/20/06 Tip of the Week. Quality Tips: Tip 10 - Inspect the Quality Plan.
November 17, 2006
Inspect what you expect. Within the Quality Plan, use a quality control table to list for each work package the work package leader, the description of the work package, the acceptance criteria, a summary of the test plan, and any supporting comments... Read more...
Google Project Managers Search.
November 17, 2006
I have created a Google Project Management Search. I will be linking it to this blog and many other Project Management sites in the future so that readers of this blog ( Ofcouse Project Managers and Potential Project Managers ) can get more targeted /specific... Read more...
Rest in Peace
November 17, 2006
Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the last century, died Thursday, at the age of 94. His wife Rose Friedman, who co-authored many of his books, survives him. Friedman was awarded the Nobel prize... Read More →
Agile Methods as a Replacement for Fossil Fuels
November 16, 2006
(Well, a replacement to non-sustainable work practices at least) Command-and-control management is not appropriate for workers who need to collaborate and solve problems. These knowledge workers need work environments where experimentation is rewarded,... Read more...
How Big Should Your User Stories Be?
November 15, 2006
How big should your user stories be? Although the answer should be "it depends", I'm going to be a bit more opinionated than that.User stories should be small enough that the team and the customer can see and feel the forward momentum. This creates tremendous... Read more...
Project Management Humor: Dilbert on the reality/horror of meetings
November 13, 2006
There's a great Dilbert strip up at Dilbert.com. I found this piece particularly amusing because it seems to be something PMs face quite regularly in reality. Click Here for the full version of this post. Direct Link to this Dilbert strip is:... Read more...
Episode #14 - Use of PM Skills - Project Management and Beyond!
November 13, 2006
Episode #14 - Use of PM Skills - Project Management and Beyond! Notes – Project Management and Beyond! Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP Project management is a skill that we all have and utilize daily on varying... Read more...
Alternate source for book
November 13, 2006
If Amazon is saying "1-3 weeks," try ordering from Morgan Kaufman/Elsevier directly... -ctb Read More →
mckinsey demand management article
November 13, 2006
Demand management does not get nearly the coverage it deserves, so I was glad to see this article in McKinsey Quarterly. -ctb Read More →