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Is Group Brainstorming Hurting Creativity?

July 31, 2007

Marc Andressen writes about research that shows that group brainstorming produces fewer and lower quality solutions that "virtual" brainstorming where indviduals generate ideas independently, then put their results together.One way to look at this is... Read more...

Business Process Improvement and the Project Manager

July 31, 2007

Project managers need to ensure that customer's are satisfied with a project's deliverables.  Part of this process is ensuring that the customer's business processes are optimized.  You can't provide the best possible project results if your customer's... Read more...

July 31, 2007 – Cultivating a healthy Project Schedule

July 31, 2007

About a month ago my wife and I went out and purchased some plants, dug up one of the flower beds and replanted it. All the weeds and crabgrass were pulled and all the dead or dying plants removed. We followed the directions and placed the plants the... Read more...

Is it safe to speak up?

July 31, 2007

In a recent post on Harvard Business Online, authors James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson summarize a recent study they conducted on the root causes of why employees are afraid to speak up. Immediately prior to coming upon this article, I was talking... Read more...

Topic Suggestions

July 31, 2007

Please use the following form to suggest a topic! Let the PMStudent do the research and investigation on a PM-related topic of your choice!  Read More →

7 Principles of Right-Brain Project Management

July 31, 2007

Interesting article for project managers from gantthead called Engaging Your Right Brain for Increased Agility. Author Doug DeCarlo discusses the difference between right and left brain activity and how the field of project management is uses a lot... Read more...

Good Question

July 30, 2007

Good Question -- Why isn't it done yet? Read More →

How to swim with sharks

July 30, 2007

I came across this article the other day, and it was remarkably suitable. So I’ll share for those who are where I have been.   HOW TO SWIM WITH SHARKS: A PRIMER By Voltaire Cousteau   Forward Actually, nobody wants... Read More →

07/30/07 Tip of the Week. SharePoint: Tip 6 - Continually sell your SharePoint.

July 30, 2007

When you and your team discover new features, capabilities, and uses of SharePoint, don’t be surprised if everyone else doesn’t see the same value that you do. Take the time to show and explain the business value of SharePoint. Seeing is believing... Read more...

New Agile Project Leadership Training Course

July 29, 2007

In September I will be co-instructing with Sanjiv Augustine the new course “Agile Project Leadership”. Sanjiv is a fellow APLN board member and author of the excellent “Managing Agile Projects” book. I’m really excited because a) we have an... Read more...

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