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For the last installment in the PM Network extravaganza, there is an article on keeping project teams motivated that caught my attention, written by Simon Kent.
The article reminded me of a previous post I wrote back in February, 2007 titled Motivational Theory in Project Management where I laid out some of my thoughts on the [...]

Project failure is the subject of this article in the August 2007 edition of PM Network. The article presents some good common-sense points about how to deal with project failure and learn from it. The standard wisdom of finding problems early when they are small, and applying lessons learned are put forth. [...]

OK, I admit it. My selection of this particular feature had a little to do with the fact that I’m in it. So sue me.
PM Network does a feature occasionally called “Point, Counter Point” which is essentially a debate between two project managers on a specific topic. They asked me [...]

In the July 2007 edition of PM Network magazine, the cover story is titled “Small Projects, Big Results”. It speaks to the importance of doing sufficient planning even on small projects. I personally use a 4 tier category framework in which I apply various levels of rigor, which I wrote about here.

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In the April 2007 edition of PM Network, this article struck a chord with me. A big frustration for me has been executives that fail to see or even look for value by way of project management maturity. I recently switched companies for this very reason, and am happy to now be with [...]

The feature story in the March 2007 edition of PM Network, titled “Bridging the Gap”, is a look at some of the differences in style and communication that newer professionals and project managers have compared to veterans. I enjoyed the article and found some points to agree with and some in conflict with my personal [...]

This article was put together by Janet Liao in the February 2007 edition of PM Network, in the “Best of Congress Papers” feature. This is about work done by Laura Aziz, Ph.D., PMP and Bruce Woerner, PMP on PMO maturity. I really enjoyed the model they use, with 4 components and 4 life [...]

As the guest blogger for the switch from 2007 to 2008, I wanted to do a series of posts looking back over 2007. This week you will see my “Best of PM Network”, reviewing the articles and features that struck me to be “kinda cool”. My methods of determining what’s “kinda cool” are mysterious, [...]