Branding… The Power of Three Early Lessons 21 Aug 201019 Aug 2022 Was your week like mine? Competing deadlinesMultiple projects using the same resourcesToo many action itemsToo many unanswered questionsProcess that could be betterTools that have you pulling your hair Throughout the…
books… August 2010: Bug on a Windshield 14 Aug 201014 Aug 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…
Business Value… The Portable Project Manager 31 Jul 2010 Portable Flexible Useful in various fields I’ve heard all of these phrases used about Project Management skills. The proposition is that if a seasoned Project Manager parachutes into a construction…
career… You Know You’re a Fundamentalist when… 24 Jul 201024 Jul 2010 Fundamentalism: strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles: the fundamentalism of the extreme conservatives. While I am very much into best practices, principles and PMBOKisms, I would…
Agile… July 2010: Bug on the Windshield: Personal Effectiveness, Project Management and Fun 17 Jul 201017 Jul 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…
Business Value… How to Improve Your Virtual Meetings 10 Jul 2010 Life is full of situations that you can’t control. As a project manager this galls me on a regular basis, but I’ve learned to minimize the irritation by trying to…
Business Acumen… Unwritten Rules of Virtual Team Meetings (That no one ever really follows) 26 Jun 2010 We’ve come a long way from tribal living. We no longer talk to faces around nightly campfires. Today we listen to voices piped into our ears while sitting in air…
books… June 2010: Bug on the Windshield: Personal Effectiveness, Project Management & Fun 19 Jun 201019 Jun 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…
Business Acumen… The Dark Side of Positive: “That Does Not Enter My Reality” 12 Jun 201012 Jun 2010 As part of my Japanese studies, I’ve been watching a lot of J-dramas. This week, I found myself watching Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (Yankee guy and Glasses girl) a comedy where…
books… How To Handle Adversity 22 May 2010 How do you handle Project Adversity? Or any setback for that matter? Most project managers take setbacks hard. We think about our part in them and like cows chewing cud,…