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Catching People Doing Things Right

March 16, 2008

I had a stimulating discussion today with Travis, a friend and colleague about communication styles. It reminded me about the importance of catching people doing things right. Many managers and co-workers miss opportunities to congratulate or thank... Read more...

SCRUM Concepts in Traditional PM

March 8, 2008

I wrote earlier about a potential method of using Critical Chain-stype "mini-buffers" within an element of a traditional project management approach. Now I would like to revisit multi-tasking and how having some experience with the Agile software development... Read more...

Research Project - IT Project Failure

February 13, 2008

Matt Miller is a final year student at Loughborogh University in the UK. He is working on his dissertation on IT Project Failures, and would like your help!There are 2 surveys below, one for ProjectManagers to complete with details of their most recent... Read more...

Valuing Time as a Business Resource - Interview with Curt Finch

February 6, 2008

I recently read a new book by Curt Finch, CEO of Journyx, Inc. titled "All Your Money Won't Another Minute Buy - Valuing Time as a Business Resource." I have always been a student of time management, so I was delighted with the opportunity to interview... Read more...

Critical Chain Benefits From Traditional PM

January 20, 2008

Today I was trying to think of ways to integrate some of the methods and benefits of Critical Chain project management into the traditional PM methodology most companies use. I wanted to pick out one element of CC that would potentially yield the most... Read more...

Planning For Change

January 18, 2008

One thing that never changes is the constancy of change. That seems like a self-evident truth, doesn't it? So why do we plan as if change will not happen?People in general are fairly good at managing change, but of course we vary widely in those abilities... Read more...

Are you a Star Project Manager?

January 1, 2008

I came across this interesting video presentation today and wanted to share. It's only about 2 minutes long, and is methodcorp.com's identification of key milestones on the road to a successful project management career.I especially like milestone 5,... Read more...

From the long hiatus

December 31, 2007

My apologies, everyone, for going so long between posts. I'm not blog-fading though. I think finals in conjunction with all the parental duties during the holiday season really had be bogged down.This week, I'm the guest blogger for the University of... Read more...

PM Network - Go, Team, Go!

November 12, 2007

I finally got a chance to read this month's PM Network magazine. There is an article on keeping project team motivated that caught my attention starting on page 38, written by Simon Kent.The article reminded me of a previous post I wrote back in February,... Read more...

We Have a Winner!

November 3, 2007

Earlier I announced a contest for a free subscription to The Project Management PrepCast™. We have a winner!There were only 2 comments where I could identify an email address, the rest of the comments left during the contest were anonymous. I flipped... Read more...

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