books… Quote: Rule 3: People Communicate with Stories 5 Oct 20155 Oct 2015 "In conversations, people don't spit out bullet pointed facts. Instead, they use stories. When you listen attentively, you encourage the speaker to expand on and tell more stories. The clues…
benefits… Are You Serving Your Stakeholders or Your Project Plan? 21 Sep 20154 Aug 2017 We spend some portion of our time every day as customers, but we never seem to remember the customers we serve when we run our projects. As PM's we focus on delivering…
Business Acumen… Is Good Strategy also Good Project Management? 16 Sep 2014 Picture This: You’re in the middle of a constantly changing terrain - where your resources, external influences and even the tactical objectives can change overnight. Your objective: to navigate through a valley…
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…
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…
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…
consensus… Why would you use a WBS? 26 Jun 201326 Jun 2013 Starting anything is hard. You're anxious about what you don't know. You're aware that you could be missing something critical. And you are smart enough to know that you don't…
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,…
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…
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