Building a greenhouse can highlight critical elements of a successful project in any discipline – part 2
The process of procuring and building a greenhouse has given me some very concrete examples of some of the most …
Building a greenhouse can highlight critical elements of a successful project in any discipline
My wife, Karen, and I recently relocated from the Silicon Valley to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The process …
Time is money in products, too!
On a closely related topic to my last post, I would like to relate a recent experience I had with …
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Time is money in product development
You have all heard the old saying, “Time is money”. Well, obviously, this one is very true. Especially in our …
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Update on Whiteboard Tools for Virtual Teams
The design goal of many collaboration tools is to reproduce as closely as possible some aspect of the face-to-face meeting …
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Update on desktop sharing for virtual teams
A well-performing virtual team makes effective use of a wide range of collaboration tools. After the various forms of communication …
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Update on Key Communications Technologies for Virtual Teams
As someone with a great deal of personal experience working in virtual teams and having managed a collaboration technologies research …
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EE to PM: Why would I do that?
The posts by Ed Gaeta this last week plus our most recent poll results reminded me of a mental image …
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Resolving Disagreements in Virtual Teams
One of the more difficult team dynamics project managers must face from time-to-time is conflict. The ‘conflict’ can be project-related …
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The Future of Virtual Project Teams, part 2
In the first part of this series I talked about how future project leaders may select team members for their …
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The Future of Virtual Project Teams
I always enjoy imagining what the future will be like for all sorts of things: transportation, energy, architecture, space exploration, …
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Go Ahead, Be Bold!
I’m sure you’ve all heard that old saying, “There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no …
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Teambuilding for Virtual Teams
Every project manager worthy of the title knows why effective teamwork is critical to project success. All members of great …
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How Good Are Virtual Team Relationships?
In my many years working virtually, I’ve come to realize that business relationships with virtual colleagues can be every bit …
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Are you spending too much time planning?
This may sound blasphemous to a professional project manager, but it is possible to over-plan. I have seen it happen …
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Knowledge Management for Virtual (and non-virtual) Teams
Properly managed project documentation is critical for all types and sizes of projects. After all, the project documentation is the …
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Whiteboarding for Virtual Teams
One of the most useful things I have learned leading teams is that pictures are a very effective way to …
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Project Progress Trend Analysis
If you are like most project managers, you wish you had a better real-time handle on the progress of your …
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Multi-Tasking in Project Meetings
In my many years in the technology industry, I’ve spent thousands of hours in meetings, most of them as boring …
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Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams: Part 4 of 4
In this final part of my series on communications in virtual teams, I will discuss the most important medium to …
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