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 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,…
Business Acumen… 5 Things Project Management is Not 1 May 2010 “Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.” PMBOK, 4th Edition Right. If I were reading this definition to…
books… How to Improve Your PM Skills: Get Grumpy 6 Mar 2010 “Pessimism never won any battles.” -Former President Dwight D Eisenhower Stymied by an issue on your project? How do you approach a problem: Talk to a colleague? Take a walk?…
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…
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 Value… How to Close Out Your Project or the Joys of Closing Beautifully – Part 2 3 Feb 20103 Feb 2010 A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. - Anonymous In my last post, I covered three ways to help improve project closeouts. The end of…
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… Are You A Leader? Thank you. 23 Jan 2010 "The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails." - John Maxwell I was riding the train into work when I read…
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