Tom Sheives, PhD named International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in North Texas
November 30, 2008
Tom Sheives, PhD, PMP has become an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in North Texas, USA. Tom is also the Owner and Principal consultant for Better Project Results, Inc. a Texas-based project management consultancy. Tom is a... Read more...
PM War Stories #21 – Earned Value Management: Using metrics to better gauge project milestones
November 30, 2008
Download PMW_0021_EVM_and_Milestones.mp3 (27.4 MB) With businesses around the globe experiencing the pinch of a hurting economy, project managers and PMO leaders are looking for ways to mitigate project cost overruns by carefully gauging their resources... Read more...
PPG Lean Six Sigma for Shops
November 30, 2008
PPG collaborates with their retail channel to spread Lean Six Sigma methodology through the value chain. … … “Doering himself completed PPGs Lean Six Sigma program for shop owners. The new facility was designed with the intent to... Read more...
Restating the Obvious
November 29, 2008
Through a series of posts I came across an interesting site. www.typealyzer.com which will tell you what Meyers Briggs type you are from reading your blog. Well guess what, I’m INTJ. The long-range thinking and individualistic type. They are especially... Read more...
Risk Board
November 29, 2008
When some folks, at least those of a certain age, hear the term RISK, they think of a board game. RISK was a game introduced in 1957, as La Conqute du Monde (The Conquest of the World), in France. So it fits fine here on Scope Crepe, n’est pas? My... Read more...
Lean Seminar
November 29, 2008
Learn lean at lunch next week … … “Lunch and Learn Seminar: Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma. Kight Center for Emerging Technologies, IRSC Main Campus, Fort Pierce, Room V309, 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m., Dec. 3. ” … Via TCPalm: Looking... Read more...
Resilience Explained By Buzz Holling
November 29, 2008
You know: a project is just a bunch of people working together to achieve a certain goal. It is the result of many different interactions. Interactions between individuals, but also between project and employees, project and company, company and market.... Read more...
Transport for London set to Renew £500m Project Management Framework
November 29, 2008
Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK According to reports appearing in Construction News, Transport for London (TfL), the department of the Greater London Authority responsible for most transport in London, is seeking to extend its project management... Read more...
Call for Papers for 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Finland
November 29, 2008
A Call for Papers has been announced for the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland to be held during June 15-17, 2009. The official announcement was made at the 22nd IPMA World Congress in Rome, Italy on 11 November 2008. Information for potential... Read more...
2nd Call for Papers for 3rd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in Texas
November 29, 2008
Project management experts, leaders and professionals are invited to submit an abstract for a paper and presentation at the 3rd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium, to be held August 13-14, 2009 at the University of Texas at Dallas, in the School of... Read more...