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Tools & Techniques – Microsoft Project Best Practices (2)
Project Conference 2009 continues through this week in Phoenix, AZ. As Microsoft prepares for the release of Project 2010, it’s a good time to reflect on some additional best practices that project managers should keep in mind when using their current version of Microsoft Project.
Know the Limitations of Critical Path Methodology – CPM was developed [...]
Tools & Techniques – Microsoft Project Best Practices (1)
With the kick-off of Project Conference 2009 in Phoenix, AZ this week Microsoft has invited some customers and partners to get a sneak peek at Microsoft Project 2010. I have been managing projects and teaching classes on this tool for quite a long time and have had a chance to read about some of the [...]
6 Leadership Tips for Project Managers
If you’re reading this, you are likely a project manager now or will be one soon. How well you do on actual projects depends as much on your leadership skills as your technical ones.
Here are six real-world keys which can help.
1. Provide Common Vision
What was your best work experience? If you’re like most people, it [...]
What do they have in common?
Think about Google and Net Apps. Now think about the Ritz-Carlton Resort-Hotel Chain, Best Buy, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Wynn Hotels. What do they all have in common?
It’s how they treat their people.
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Improving Project Maturity…in Government?
How do you fix a woefully underfunded government organization and implement over 50 significant citizen serving systems in less than 4 years? What core values helped Honolulu rise to be ranked 8th in the United States in 2007 by the Center for Digital Government for the deployment of Technology? How do [...]
Don’t Put Your “I” Out!
Project managers can’t afford to be overly timid or self-effacing. They must be self-assured and determined in order to be successful leaders. However this sometimes leads to one of the most ghastly self-inflicted wounds of project management, that is the project leader who hasn’t yet learned to use “we” and avoid the word [...]
