Business Acumen… Are We Building Widgets or Reducing Costs? Using Benefits to Drive our Project Focus 8 Feb 20158 Feb 2015 As Project Managers we communicate daily to Customers, Salespeople and Senior Management. We could be using the PMI-approved words and concepts, but our focus may be frustrating our audience. To effectively…
Agile… PMXPO 2014: Worth Another Look 12 May 2014 For PMs with little free time and no money for conferences, online conferences on Project Management have started to spring up. PMXPO is one of the conferences taking advantage of the online…
books… PMP Renewal Time: Random Thoughts 29 Jan 2012 There are weeks that I hate being a project manager. On those weeks my job seems to be an endless round of... Jumping through bureaucratic hoops 'Playing Telephone' Managing myself…
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… Got Certification? Why You Should Stay a PMI Member 8 May 2010 I have tried two times to write this post. By the time I’m halfway through it, the post reads like a bad PMI Membership brochure. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t come back…
Branding… PMs: Time to Move to Digital Books 24 Apr 2010 Early adopters never have it easy. Especially if you’re short on money. My early adopter days ground to a halt after buying the original IPod that was replaced by the…
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…
Business Value… Bug on a Windshield: Personal Effectiveness, Project Management and Fun 17 Oct 2009 It’s the third week of the month again.. This week’s Bug on Windshield links are related to: Personal Effectiveness, Project Management, and Fun. Personal Effectiveness: The Smart Way to Influence…
Agile… Bug on a Windshield: Personal Effectiveness, Career, Communication and Fun 19 Sep 20092 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…
career… Free PDUs for PMs in Transition 23 May 200913 Feb 2010 When you're in Transition, the last thing you want to think about is self-development - your focus is finding that next opportunity. While keeping your skill-set up to date is…
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