books… Book Review: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 17 Mar 2010 You can look back and say, “I could have been...,”polishing your unused endowments like trophies. Or you can look back and say, “I gave my all for things I valued.”…
Business Value… 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,…
books… How to Improve Your PM Skills: Get Grumpy 6 Mar 2010 “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?…
Branding… 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…
Agile… 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…
Agile… Another Year Gone: What do I have to show for it? 13 Feb 2010 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…
Agile… 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…
Business Acumen… The Future of Project Management for Skeptics 6 Feb 2010 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…
Business Value… How to Close Out Your Project or the Joys of Closing Beautifully – Part 2 3 Feb 20103 Feb 2010 A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. - Anonymous In my last post, I covered three ways to help improve project closeouts. The end of…
Business Acumen… How to Close Out Your Project or the Joys of Closing Beautifully…Part 1 30 Jan 201030 Jan 2010 “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” -Orson Welles What is your favorite part of the project lifecycle? Some project managers…
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