books… Book Review: From Projects to Programs, a Program Manager’s Journey 19 Aug 201419 Aug 2014 Can you define Program Management? How different is it from Project Management? What does a Program Manager ‘do’ if they are not managing the projects in their program? Those are…
Business Value… Meeting Manners: 3 Project Management Hacks 18 Jul 2014 I’m always searching for new hacks for Project Management. This past week I ran across two from different sources: one from Inc magazine, another from SPAM. Since three really is…
books… Personal Effectiveness in Project Management: Book Review 28 Apr 2014 “...You’re on the right path when you make decisions and take actions that are true to your values, diversity, passions and core goal - it’s the inside path of your…
Business Value… The Whys of Stakeholders 26 Mar 201426 Mar 2014 “As far as I can tell there are two inviolable truths about people and projects: - There’s a reason behind everything that everyone does on, to, for with, or against…
Emotional Intelligence… Catching the Wind: Or why write meeting minutes? 20 Jan 2014 Oaths are but words and words are but wind - Samuel Butler There are moments during your day when could swear that you’ve already had this conversation before…. facilitated the…
Business Acumen… Avoid Email Recall: Or Five Suggestions to Cope with Email as a PM 12 Sep 2013 In spite of Microsoft's best efforts, I've never seen Outlook successfully recall a message. Once out there - you lose control of the message and how it's read. To avoid…
Communication Management… Are We On the Same Page? 13 Aug 2013 Are we on the same page? That question has already become a cliche, but it captures the sense that we're talking in circles around each other, not really attacking the…
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 Value… Get Thankful 2 Jul 20132 Jul 2013 Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone G.B. Stern Some of us, you know who you are, have a bad habit of not expressing our gratitude to others. Sometimes…
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…
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