War and Theory
August 21, 2007
In On War, Von Clausewitz writes extensively about the differences between theory and practice. He sets out to write a thorough treatise based on a practical theory of war, and yet he takes great caution to avoid the seductive trap of theory attempting... Read more...
What would you like to discuss??
August 21, 2007
Hello Readers - anyone there? Having completed over 6 months of entries on this project management blog and trying many different tacts from survey results through to ageism, it is clear to me that we are not hitting the mark - how do I know this? Comments... Read more...
08/20/07 Tip of the Week. SharePoint: Tip 9 - Managing business processes using workflows.
August 20, 2007
Managing a PMO is all about managing processes and many of these processes are mostly manual. SharePoint provides extensive support for... Read more...
Project Management PrepCast subscription winner
August 19, 2007
Joe Horowitz was selected as the winner of the Project Management PrepCast subscription giveaway on August 15th! Be sure to enter our other current giveaway contest for a copy of Larry Leach’s book Lean Project Management or a free copy of CCPM+... Read more...
Hey, where are the bugs anyway?
August 18, 2007
Here’s a scenario: Business analyst writes requirement in detail. Architect and Developer review requirements. Many clarifications later, Developer codes module. Module goes to QA. QA find three bugs – Module sent back to developer. Developer... Read more...
Project Management Humor: A PM’s Life In 8 Easy Steps
August 17, 2007
Savage Chicken is quickly becoming one of my favorite cartoons. This next one wasn't necessarily directed at project managers but it sure could have been! A Project Managers Life In Eight Easy Steps LINK: http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/2007/08/eight-steps.html As... Read more...
43: Gentle Interventions
August 17, 2007
There can be many things that can cause conflict on a project. Tight schedules, tight budgets, other peoples’ priorities, human resources (or more likely the lack of them), technical opinions, interpersonal conflicts and administrative procedures (you... Read more...
Free Project Management Tools: Replace Microsoft Project with OpenProj or similar tools
August 16, 2007
lifehacker has a post on a free project management tool that they claim is "simple enough for students and small businesses and advanced enough for major corporations." In Replace Microsoft Project with OpenProj you get a brief overview of... Read more...
Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge - An IT Project Guy Book Review
August 15, 2007
Welcome to another installment of An IT Project Guy Book Review. Today, we are talking about Geoffrey Bellman's book Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge. I referenced this book in my last post, Positive Politics.The premise of Mr. Bellman's... Read more...
Quick thoughts on a PMI research paper on PMOs
August 15, 2007
I just finished my first reading of a great study titled: The Multi-Project PMO: A Global Analysis of the Current State of Practice. I recommend that you take the time to look this over. There are a lot of interesting findings. It will take a while to... Read more...