WizeHive Hunts for Collaboration Customers Alongside Google Basecamp 646818
July 31, 2009
WizeHive, a currently free online collaboration tool that lets users share notes, ideas, files and other content to manage projects, has gotten a new look and a number of other changes. Read More →
Some IT skills hot, even in down economy; Foote Partners research shows while pay for many in IT is down, some skills such as security, business process management see pay hikes.
July 31, 2009
Pay for noncertified and certified skills continues to dip slightly as the recession wears on, but second quarter researchfrom Foote Partners shows certain high-tech know-how yielded compensation increases. Read More →
PANAMA CANAL SEEKS BID FOR SECOND LARGEST EXPANSION CONTRACT
July 31, 2009
The following information was released by the Panama Canal Commission: The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the fourth dry excavation contract today, the second largest and most complex project after the locks... Read more...
Power and influence
July 31, 2009
Project stakeholders are an interesting bunch. In many organisations and on many projects sponsors manage remotely. They care about the budget, schedule and scope, but only at a high level. The details are for you to work on.The reasons... Read more...
Taming Chaotic Project Management – How to stop running the daily meeting marathon
July 31, 2009
I'm certain you are aware of the daily meeting marathon, starting at around 8:00 am or 9:00 am one can see their calendar booked until 4:30 or 5:00 pm with meetings. It gets bad when it turns out to be... Read More →
07/31/09 Tip of the Week: PMO Passion: Tip 1 – Integrate your passion into your work.
July 31, 2009
For some lucky people, work is their passion. But for many others, work is work. It may or may not be the source of one's passion. In fact, many times it can be the drain on one's passion. Take aim to recognize your many passions both professional and... Read more...
How are Project Managers Feeling Today?
July 31, 2009
The green shoots here are an image of what we hope to find each time we cull responses from project managers about their profession and its growth opportunities. NOTE: This article is reprinted from the July 2009 edition of Project Management Tipoffs.... Read more...
Project Server 2007: Getting over Office Web Components Limitations
July 31, 2009
This posting came about based on a comment on my posting http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/archive/2009/05/13/project-server-2007-my-filters-don-t-work-in-my-data-analysis-views.aspx from Dick Ruemmele. Chris Bulson had also chased me up on this as... Read more...
I’m Worse for Having Known Them
July 31, 2009
I have recently been reminded that arrogance mixed with a little power can be destructive and divisive to an organization. A good project manager must always rise above the this type of petty political partisanship and keeps fighting for what is right... Read more...
Connecting Agile Teams with the Business Strategy
July 30, 2009
There is an unwritten notion in agile development that project management and management in general is an unwelcome member of the agile team. This is course cannot actually work in a real business. The "demand management" processes for... Read more...