Evil Project Management Career Coaching
You’ve tried to land the job of your dreams. You’ve worked and struggled and clawed trying to get into a …
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Quoth the Auditor, ‘Nevermore’
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a project artifact until my eyes were sore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping…
7 ways to ask questions without making me angry
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry…
How to mortally wound a project in the first 2 months, guaranteed!
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How to rock your job interview
Come along with me on this recap of the great interview you just had, and how your preparation made it awesome. You made them laugh, you made them cry…
You made them remember you.
11 Things Every New Project Manager Should Know
Don’t act like you know it all When you’re new to a role, it’s natural to cover up your own …
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Thinking About Going Back to School?
….I appreciated the education much more than before. When I was 18, I took out loans and didn’t really feel like I was paying for it. I skipped classes sometimes, etc. This time around…I applied myself to the material as much as I could.
Holy Crap, They Called Me For an Interview!
You got the call.
They want you to come in for an interview. After the elation wears off, you start sweating.
What are they going to ask? How can I best prepare for this? What if I prepare for the wrong things?
Career Roadblock?
What can you do when you feel like you’ve hit a bump on your project manager career path? Here are my thoughts, and I invite you to add your own comments with advice for this professional.
Project Manager Career Questions
A business student recently interviewed me via email. She is interested in project management and this was part of an assignment to reach out to people via Twitter to interview about what they do and the state of their industry/role. (My kudos to the professor for encouraging students to use new media to interact with people who are already in the field!)
I asked her permission to share the interview with you, I hope you find it helpful. Leave comments on what you agree and do not agree with!
Project Methodology Madness and Confusion
I received a great question from a subscriber to my PMP Guide newsletter about methodologies and frameworks.
He cited a bountiful list with a question of whether he needs to know all of these in and out:
Project Management in 2025
I and the rest of the PMI New Media council had the opportunity to interview the editors of “Project Management Circa 2025;” David I. Cleland, PhD, PMI Fellow, and Bopaya Bidanda, PhD. This is a collaborative effort by 41 authors to predict the state of various parts of the project management discipline and how it will be implemented 15 years in the future.
Why Should You Care About Social Media?
I had a great time in Orlando recently for the 2009 PMI North America Global Congress. The PMI New Media …
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Optimize Your Resume For Project Management
Trying to get your foot in the door in project management? Projectize your resume. A project manager resume is similar …
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MBA: Worthless Piece of Paper?
Is anyone up in arms yet? Good. From a Reader Anne from the US is a recent subscriber to the …
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Are You Deranged Enough to Switch Careers to Project Management?
I love it when people contact me to ask a question. It helps me to know that real people are …
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For Those Pursuing Project Management Careers
I am passionate about project management in general, and helping people new to the field more specifically. But let’s be …
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Does Your Project Team Fall Prey To These Common Productivity Killers?
The dangers of multi tasking to project teams has never been more so. Now we have additional online services and …
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Cutbacks and Scrutiny
As can be expected, much of the feedback pointed towards a cutback in new investment and thus projects. Another significant …
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Opposites Attract?
Today I would like to cover two categories in the survey that are nearly opposite. The first is Reduced Quality. …
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