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Dear Craig - Conversation with Better Projects

May 16, 2008

Dear Craig, I am an big fan of your blog. You seem to know some amazing stuff I have no clue about. You know Business Analysis, so please tell me… Why is it that my specifications keep on changing? Would be nice to create a plan that doesn't get... Read more...

ConceptDraw Office: The Missing Link Between Idea And Schedule

May 15, 2008

CSOdessa will release their project management tool ConceptDraw Office in a couple of weeks (latest word is mid June). No, this is not just another piece of PM software. And that is a good thing. If you provide the Project Management world with new tools,... Read more...

Why Soft Skills Are Essential To Project Management

May 14, 2008

A great post yesterday at Emotional Intelligence for PMs: "People Skills - Not So Important to Project Managers". It reminded me that I needed to answer this particular question more in detail. Why are soft skills essential for Project Managers? Photography... Read more...

Microbudgetting: Working With People You Don’t Know In A Country Far Away

May 13, 2008

You decide to outsource your software development to some far away exotic country. Why use some local cocky programmer that costs a fortune and only gives you an attitude when you instruct him something simple to do? "Go Far, Go Cheap" seems like a good... Read more...

25 Sure-fire Ways To Motivate Your Team Members

May 12, 2008

Of all the resources utilized during a project, the team working on the project is the most complex to manage. When motivated, your project team can take up Herculean tasks and not break a sweat but when things go wrong there is little saving the ship... Read more...

Green Social Project Management, Humbug!

May 11, 2008

My monthly column at TechTarget is up: Within the space of a couple of days I got bombarded with the notion of green project management and being an eco-friendly project manager. I am a nice guy, I print my Gantt charts on recycled strategy memos using... Read more...

Pangea Day: Broaden Your Mind

May 9, 2008

It is almost Pangea Day. A unique opportunity to broaden your mind. Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film. Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of... Read more...

inteGREAT - Interview With Asif Sharif

May 9, 2008

A short while ago I got an email that stated "Organizations reinvent the same knowledge over and over again because of poor cataloging, traceability and redundancy in the knowledge that is created." Now that is someone who has been around the block! Within... Read more...

Shift Happens: India And China Are Booming. They Must Have Known.

May 8, 2008

This is a slideshow called Shift Happens. It sums up the "Western" naivety about the rise of India, China and other countries. I am from Europe, and I thought that I was quite aware… but if you read those numbers! WOW! Simply WOW! Just click through... Read more...

Project Animals: The Deadly Basset

May 7, 2008

I was brainstorming for some ideas to keep me busy the next few months (only got a gazillion ideas, currently prioritizing them :)), and I came up with an idea that I used for my first blogging experience… yep, it was still 2004, and I had this... Read more...

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