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…
books… Are You A Leader? Thank you. 23 Jan 2010 "The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails." - John Maxwell I was riding the train into work when I read…
Agile… Bug on the Windshield: Personal Effectiveness, Project Management and Fun 16 Jan 201016 Jan 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…
books… Magic Eight Ball Wisdom for New Project Managers 9 Jan 2010 Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive. -Carolyn Wells If I had created the world... Ice cream would be calorie-free and...…
books… Good Reads from 2009: Part 2 2 Jan 20102 Jan 2010 "Reading furnishes the mind only with material for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours." John Locke As my last post of 2009 and my first post…
Agile… Bug on the Windshield: Project Management, Personal Effectiveness and Fun 19 Dec 2009 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…
books… Book Review: Make Your Own Luck 14 Nov 200914 Nov 2009 Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is…
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