Agile… Book Review: Commitment 28 Jul 20135 Aug 2013 Feeling trapped by your circumstances? You might be looking at some of your options as commitments. In Commitment, Olav Maasen and Chris Matts write that deferring a decision until the…
Business Acumen… Positive Putty 3 Mar 20124 Mar 2012 When I came back from Christmas Holidays...I was given a silver, round container with blue lettering on the lid which read: Positive Putty: Squeeze and Achieve. Our PMO Director had given…
Branding… Chop Wood, Carry Water: Getting Work Done 25 Feb 2012 Now that the day's over with, I can get some work done! - Some unknown person The moment I heard those words come out of my mouth I realized how upside…
Business Acumen… Jan 2012: Bug on A Windshield 22 Jan 2012 It's 2012. I really cannot believe it's 2012. And we are now three weeks into January of 2012. If you’re new here, on the third week of every month, I…
books… Book Review: Secrets to Mastering the WBS in Real-World Projects 25 Sep 201025 Sep 2010 What we think we know, versus what is, can result in some of our biggest problems. We make assumptions and decisions without understanding the larger picture. Given that weakness, tools that…
Branding… Sept 2010: Bug on a Windshield 18 Sep 2010 Greetings. I am back from Japan, recovering from Jet Lag and trying to get back into the swing of things. This week happens to be the third week in September,…
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…
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,…
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