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,…
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 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…
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… Good Reads from 2009: Part 1 26 Dec 200916 Jan 2010 “I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense." - Harold Kushner In 2009, I made a commitment…
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… Meeting Effectiveness: Are you holding the right kind of meeting? 12 Dec 2009 People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. -Thomas Sowell Meetings. Hate them or Tolerate them. I haven’t met anyone who loves to attend meetings. Unfortunately, they…
books… Book Review: Just Enough Project Management 5 Dec 2009 Compelling reason will never convince blinding emotion. -Richard Bach First impressions can kill good ideas. In some cases, the good is overlooked because it’s introduced in the wrong way. The…
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