Call for Speakers - PMI Honolulu Chapter + Lavacon Professional Development Summit in November 2008
March 31, 2008
The Project Management Institute (PMI) Honolulu Chapter is excited to announce the Call for Speakers for a Professional Development Summit to be held 6-8 November 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference, to be co-hosted by Lavacon®, will present proven... Read more...
Call for Papers: APM 2008 Project Management Conference
March 31, 2008
Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK The Association for Project Management (APM) has issued a Call for Paper for the APM 2008 Project Management Conference, now scheduled for 29-30 October 2008. The 2008 conference will be held once again at the historic... Read more...
Project Connections
March 31, 2008
Connections are key to project success. Team members connect to build project performance. Tasks and activities are connected to create a realistic project schedule. The project's deliverables are connected with the goals and objectives of the organization.... Read more...
Operational Turnaround through Six Sigma Excellence
March 31, 2008
Vertis Communications reports its fiscal results and describes its turnaround plan which includes the use of lean and Six Sigma methods to drive operational excellence. ... ... "The Company implemented a turnaround plan in early 2007 involving new... Read more...
Connection Strings…
March 31, 2008
Hey, Here is a great post: http://projectserver.cz/cms/index.php?itemid=35 It shows how to get the connection string to the Project Server 2007 Reporting Database (and the other three databases which are not supported programming interfaces). This is... Read more...
Tough Times
March 31, 2008
Here's the opening of a white paper that's in progress: When economic conditions get tough, leaders and managers look for ways to control costs. One way leaders control costs is to reign in the project budget, and this effort usually starts by asking... Read more...
Aha Moments
March 31, 2008
I’m still catching up on posting links where either I or other people had aha moments: TMI’s One-on-Ones discusses a bunch of things about one-on-ones, something Esther and I have been talking about forever (as well as in Behind Closed Doors.) David... Read more...
The Exemplar Employer Report 2008
March 31, 2008
Back in 2006 the Women and Work Commission produced a report called ‘Shaping a Fairer Future’ (opens as .pdf). Various things happened as a result of the recommendations put forward in the report, and periodically the government produces a long document... Read more...
The Exemplar Employer Report 2008
March 31, 2008
Back in 2006 the Women and Work Commission produced a report called ‘Shaping a Fairer Future’ (opens as .pdf). Various things happened as a result of the recommendations put forward in the report, and periodically the government produces a long document... Read more...
On the Daily Log
March 31, 2008
The PRINCE2 product itself isn’t that practical for me but I’ve found if you’re running an effective personal time/task management system that includes note-taking or journaling, it can be a very powerful tool in the Project Manager’s... Read more...