Follow your mind, not your rules!

May 11, 2008

A post by Jurgen Appelo, guest voice inside Raven’s Brain. Last week I drove all the way from The Netherlands to Slovenia --which is a 1200km trip-- to pick up my boyfriend, who went there earlier (by plane) for a conference. The idea was to spend a... Read more...

Project Management Insights: Improving Knowledge in Projects

May 8, 2008

Time is short so I'll be brief. I just read part of Eric Brown's excellent post: Improving Knowledge in Projects. It's very detailed and I need to read the complete piece, as well as the full paper the post/excerpt came from, but I found the subject interesting... Read more...

Project Management: What to measure

May 1, 2008

Jerry Manas has a great post for project managers: Project Success Criteria: What to Measure. In this insightful post Jerry outlines 5+ items that are critical to track during a project to determine true project success. These items are in addition to... Read more...

Meetings - Show up on time, Never be late

May 1, 2008

Stephen Seay has a brief post on the importance of being on time for meetings. A lot of it is stuff I've thought/said myself and, though there are occasions when being late for a meeting can't be helped, this post should act as a not-so-gentle reminder... Read more...

Interesting thoughts: Tolerance and the Triple Constraint

April 30, 2008

I just read an interesting project management article Tolerance and the Triple Constraint. The piece comes from John Reiling via PMcrunch (Project Management Insights and exchange) and takes us through tolerance on costs, quality and time - ala the... Read more...

Meetings - we don’t need no stinking buckets!

April 30, 2008

Johanna Rothman has an interesting piece on meeting management: Why Does a Meeting Need Buckets?. Here's a hint - they don't! If you are anti-status meeting or think "going 'round the horn",  which is a snazzy way of saying "going around... Read more...

Project Management, Teams and Success

April 25, 2008

I just read an interesting article by Michael Wood called Real Project Teams Bring Real Project Success. I particularly liked this part: In my experience, part of the formula for delivering incredible value on IT-centric projects is the quality of... Read more...

Lessons Learned, Retrospectives, Postmortems = more than a good idea

April 22, 2008

In the world of managing projects you might hear talk of Lessons Learned, Retrospectives, and/or Postmortems to refer to a meeting(s) at the project's end to determine: A). What went right, B). What went awry, and C). What could be done differently... Read more...

Project Management: 6 steps to successful schedules

April 8, 2008

lap31 has a guest post from Ron Holohan, of pm411.org fame, that details how to create a solid schedule. It's an informative read filled with realistic advice and information you can put to use today. Here's an excerpt from the post 6 steps to successful... Read more...

Project Management Podcast Looking for guest bloggers and podcasters

April 1, 2008

The PM411.org Project Management Podcast is Looking for guest bloggers and podcasters. Here are the details from Ron's post over at the PMBloggers Forum: Hi everyone, The pm411.org Project Management podcast has been in existance for the past year or... Read more...

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