Joelle A. Godfrey – Page 11 – Shisso

PMBOK Factoid: The Number 13 & Project Integration Management

Today it’s just not working. The blogging barrel is full of half-grown or bad ideas. I don’t know whether it’s the 13th or the Ides of March or just the…

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The 22 Minute Meeting: Are We Saving Time?

10 Mar 201010 Mar 2010

When I read Scott Berkun’s post on the 22 minutes meeting, the first thing I loved was the meeting format. Following good meeting process, the agenda is clear to all,…

How to Improve Your PM Skills: Get Grumpy

“Pessimism never won any battles.” -Former President Dwight D Eisenhower Stymied by an issue on your project? How do you approach a problem: Talk to a colleague? Take a walk?…

Twitter is a great project management tool…Except When It’s Not

27 Feb 201027 Feb 2010

A year later The buzz about Twitter has died a slow death. It’s been more than a year since I’ve read a post about how great Twitter is for... meeting…

How to Stream Project Management Resources on YouTube

Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a…

Bug on the Windshield: Personal Effectiveness, Project Management and Fun

20 Feb 201021 Feb 2010

It’s the third week of the month again. If you’re new here, the third week of every month, I pull together all the links that I’ve run into since last…

Preaching to the Choir: Posts that Speak to You

When you read a blog post Ever feel like someone’s talking to you? Speaking your language? Reading your mind? On those days, I feel less alone. I feel like the…

Another Year Gone: What do I have to show for it?

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment - Homer To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle. - George Orwell Banzai! I have…

The Resource-Loaded, Dependency-Linked Schedule: Where’s the Love?

10 Feb 201010 Feb 2010

I’ve been on both sides of the scheduling tool: I’ve been the Program Manager working with a Project Controls Specialist who’s trying to pull together a project schedule from multiple…

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The Future of Project Management for Skeptics

Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5…