Moving up through the categories, I’ll discuss three now: Project Manager Layoffs Project Staff Reductions Reduced PM rates. Reading through the responses, may of them were not surprising. One thing I noted in a few posts was that some companies …
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Status Quo Ah, it is nice to hear that some people are not feeling any impacts due to economic recession. 8% of the respondents noted that they have not seen any impacts. Half of those were from the North America, …
I recently conducted a survey on pmStudent.com asking for anecdotal stories about how the economy is currently impacting project management. This week I would like to share the results with you. The survey was 100% anonymous, and I even removed …
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I passed the PMP Exam recently, and wanted to share my experience in general. For those opposed to the PMP exam, please read before commenting, you may be surprised at my take on it. In general: Many questions involved picking …
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I get many questions from people who want to enter into project management as a profession. After all, my blog is pmStudent. One of the most common questions is “how do I get started”? I received an email from a …
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By Hal Macomber, Project Reformer 10 Adopt practices for exploring a variety of perspectives. We think we see what we see, but we don’t. We really see what we think. Remember the blind men and the elephant. Make it your …
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By Jerry Manas How many times have we seen PMOs create intricate processes and templates, only to find that there are more exceptions than rules? We create forms, templates, and stage gates, in an attempt to gain control. But in …
The Mighty Checklist: A Forgotten Tool for Flexibility Read More »
By Thomas Cutting, PMP You leave for your flight well ahead of schedule. Traffic is light and you arrive, unhurried, at the airport. Strolling up to the counter you secretly laugh at the frantic people running toward the crowded ticket …
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As a project manager, you must understand these four budget items. If you do not recognize and understand them it is possible (even likely) that you will not properly understand your budget status and you may make wrong decisions based on these misunderstanding.
By Josh Nankivel Fellow blogger Craig Brown over at Better Projects asked “Why reverse engineer requirements?” in a recent post.Interesting question: Craig asked what value there is in trying to derive requirements based on an existing system. There are two …
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To someone else. Why? Some project managers accidentally stumble into the profession. Others enter the field on purpose. Both groups tend to settle into a particular way of managing projects, and over time it seems most form specific ideas about …
Everything you know about project management is wrong Read More »
I’m studying for the PMP exam, and I’m using the PMPrepcast to study. I actually found one point to disagree with Cornelius Fitchner on today! (That doesn’t usually happen!) In the Scope Control podcast, he talks about the “updates to …
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I dreaded the exercise of documenting all of my experience for the PMP exam. There are several helpful websites and templates that I found. I looked at a few of them, and ended up creating my own custom version of …
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Cutting’s Edge is one of my favorite project management blogs. Thomas recently posted on the cost of project success. I enjoyed the examples of the construction of several wonders of the world as projects and their often overlooked consequences on …
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Kimberly Wiefling had an article on [email protected] (www.projectsatwork.com) giving us a taste of some hard-learned lessons when dealing with project sponsors. I’ve always loved Kimberly’s sense of humor and highly recommend just about anything she’s written. This is a great …
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I recently read an article on Project Connections, In Defense of the Project Management “Perfect World” by Carl Pritchard, PMP, EVP. I thought it was an excellent article, with well-stated and supported points. There are many theoretical frameworks for project …
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In an article at [email protected], Tom Mochal discusses how enhancement work not directly related to a project should be added to the managed portfolio. This way, the business can ensure that the dollars are being spent in the most effective …
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Sorry, no direct correlation will be made to the Captain in Cool Hand Luke. Oh well, same topic (sorta). Project Management is 90% communication! How many times have we heard that one before? I revisited a post titled “Silence : …
What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate!!! Read More »
The student syndrome is alive and well. I see it all around me, and I am no less guilty than any other. Why do we put everything off until the last minute? Especially the important things? I’ve recently read The …
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Dave Garrett recently wrote on the concepts expressed by Aaron Shanhar in his book, Reinventing Project Management. The gist is that the common triple-constraint model of managing cost, schedule, and scope is not enough. As I like to put it …
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