Joelle A. Godfrey – Page 7 – Shisso

Shisso: Where are we going in 2014?

On Feb 12, 2009, I started my blog with a post titled: “Under Construction”. This is what I wrote: To my under construction blog. My goal is to write about…

Business Acumen…

Avoid Email Recall: Or Five Suggestions to Cope with Email as a PM

In spite of Microsoft's best efforts, I've never seen Outlook successfully recall a message. Once out there - you lose control of the message and how it's read. To avoid…

Communication Management…

Are We On the Same Page?

Are we on the same page? That question has already become a cliche, but it captures the sense that we're talking in circles around each other, not really attacking the…

Book Review: Commitment

28 Jul 20135 Aug 2013

Feeling trapped by your circumstances? You might be looking at some of your options as commitments. In Commitment, Olav Maasen and Chris Matts write that deferring a decision until the…

Questions For a Better Lessons Learned Meeting

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. -Oscar Wilde I love Post Mortems. At the end of every project, I have a strong urge to figure out what…

Business Value…

Get Thankful

2 Jul 20132 Jul 2013

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone G.B. Stern Some of us, you know who you are, have a bad habit of not expressing our gratitude to others. Sometimes…

Why would you use a WBS?

26 Jun 201326 Jun 2013

Starting anything is hard. You're anxious about what you don't know. You're aware that you could be missing something critical. And you are smart enough to know that you don't…

Business Value…

Saving Time: Three IPhone Apps That May Help Trim Time Off Your Routines

17 Jun 201217 Jun 2012

Is your workload increasing? Have you noticed that the number of hours in a day hasn't gone up to compensate? I feel as if I have less time in my…

Business Acumen…

Positive Putty

3 Mar 20124 Mar 2012

When I came back from Christmas Holidays...I was given a silver, round container with blue lettering on the lid which read: Positive Putty: Squeeze and Achieve. Our PMO Director had given…

Chop Wood, Carry Water: Getting Work Done

Now that the day's over with, I can get some work done! - Some unknown person The moment I heard those words come out of my mouth I realized how upside…