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Blog Award Nomination

I am very pleased to announce that this blog has been selected as a finalist in the PMI-SAC award for Project Management Literature. The other entries include Dr. Janaka Ruwanpura , Dr. George Jergeas, and Mohamed Moussa  who have written (amongst... Read more...

Selling into Project Success

Why is it that we hear so much about project failure in the Information/Technology (IT) world? Is it justified? For example, Jim Highsmith observes (elsewhere):1 "The Standish Group's Chaos reports (1994 and 2001) have caused a tremendous... Read more...

Project Document Management (Tip 07-002)

The Rational Portfolio Manager Document view provides project document control functions for document lifecycle management including document creation, review, approval and distribution through a collaborative workflow system. Documents are managed through... Read more...

Stress Busters

With two teenage daughters at home I know stress. In order to be effective and productive we all need to manage stress so that it doesn't control our actions (think road rage). I think we all can agree that project management can be stressful, however... Read more...

The PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam is NOT Dumbing Down

It seems that the PRINCE2 Exam Board is now pretty committed to a radical change in the Practitioner Exam. This will see the end of essay-type questions in favour of a 'multiple reasoning' – as my colleague, Andrew Rock, calls it – question book,... Read more...

Speaking of templates

Speaking of templates, check out Method 123. They provide templates for Project Managers to help you Initiate, Plan, Execute and Close projects while managing staff, customers, suppliers, change, risk and quality issues. Their Project Management Kit includes... Read more...

Podcast episode 007: sympathetic project manager leadership (Part 2 of 2)

In episode 007, which will forever be known as the “James Bond Episode,” I continue with part 2 of the series on Sympathetic Project Manager Leadership.  In this episode, I discuss how to be an active listener and problem solver. Enjoy! Ron ... Read more...

Quotation #004

“Work expands to fill the time available.” Parkinson’s Law  Read More →

Project Systems

Traditionally, project development includes five elements: control systems and four stages.Project control systemsProject control is that element of a project that keeps it on-track, on-time, and within budget. Project control begins early in the project... Read more...

05/28/07 Tip of the Week. People Accountability: Tip 7 - Continually stress the importance of the project.

Usually, during the project kickoff meeting the project manager presents the overall project plan, discusses the details of the project tasks, and stresses the importance of project and tasks and their critical path. However, as the project progresses,... Read more...

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