SAIC Awarded Task Order to Support NSWC-Dahlgren
January 30, 2008
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, VA - /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - January 29, 2008 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAI) announced today it won a task order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., to provide... Read more...
Mindmap Productivity Tips
January 30, 2008
Browser and desktop tips for ideating in real-time and mapping later. ... ... "MindMeister, a web based tool for creating mind maps online, provides some very unique options for capturing and inserting ideas into an existing mind map without having... Read more...
Lean London Change Management
January 30, 2008
Leaders see lean manufacturing techniques as a way of transforming London for global business. ... ... "The workshop also covered the need to help employees adjust to changes to the way they work if lean manufacturing and other green improvements... Read more...
Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Listen to Questions
January 29, 2008
At the end of the interview you ask a sacramental question: “Do you want to ask us any questions?” Now, it’s time for a candidate.Listen what questions are asked. Usually the more questions you hear the better. Sure, sometimes you’ll be killed... Read more...
The Only Thing that is Constant is Change
January 29, 2008
A second complaint from my students (see yesterday’s post) is: “Management adds requirements to my project without asking me if I can still make the schedule and without taking anything away. All the time.” Of course, what’s... Read more...
Nobody Really Manages Projects - Not Even You
January 29, 2008
That's right, I said it, nobody really manages projects. Not even project managers. Not even you. In fact, the term project manager is a misnomer. Project managers do not manage scope Project managers do not manage time Project... Read more...
Tipping Point (or Not) - How to get something started at work
January 29, 2008
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/122/is-the-tipping-point-toast.htmlIn this article from FastCompany.com, a Yahoo-employed researcher, Duncan Watts, challenges the "tipping point" effect most recently resurfaced by books such as Malcolm Gladwell's... Read more...
Techniques for Gathering Requirements
January 29, 2008
I found recently an article called 10 techniques for gathering requirements. While Tom Mochal is a very competent expert and I admire his opinion a lot, some of the techniques he describes look too trivial - one-on-one interview, group interview, facilitated... Read more...
Why Are PMs Such A Miserable Lot?
January 29, 2008
This is a guest post by Craig Brown. He usually writes in a more serious tone about project management, requirements management and business analysts at www.betterprojects.net. Are they really? Probably not everywhere and probably not all the time but... Read more...
Introducing LiquidPlanner: Online Project Management for the Real World
January 29, 2008
18 Months in Development, Former Senior Managers From Expedia and Microsoft Unveil a Radical New Approach to On-Demand Project Management SEATTLE, WA - (Marketwire) - January 28, 2007 -- The nature of projects has changed dramatically over the past decade... Read more...
