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… Preaching to the Choir: Posts that Speak to You 17 Feb 2010 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…
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 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… 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: 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…
career… Beating Burnout: Knowing When To Back Off 7 Nov 20097 Nov 2009 Just as water seeks the lowest level, dysfunction seeks the lowest level of tolerance. If your standard for what you require in life and relationships is low, bad things will…
books… Stop the Chaos: Back to Project Management Fundamentals 31 Oct 2009 With every gust of wind The butterfly changes its place On the willow -Basho October is always a chaotic month for me. It seems appropriate that at the end of…
Agile… 5 More Things Every PM Should Know Before Leaving Home 24 Oct 200924 Oct 2009 Don't take no for an answer. Take it for a question. Make the word "no" mean this question: 'Can't you be more creative than that?' - Steve Chandler When I…
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