Traditional versus Agile — false war?
On this theme of Conventional Wisdom…. Not too long ago I was hearing lots of things about Agile. Most of […]
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Conventional Wisdom?
I have been lucky enough to witness (and in some cases be a part of) several overturns of conventional wisdom.
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3 Levels of Project Team Decision Making
Getting the project team’s decision making framework set upfront will pay huge dividends when you need it most.
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Are You Managing Your Projects, or Is Your E-mail Managing You?
This post features a recommended “daily start-up” routine that will keep you focused on your key projects and priorities rather than being driven by your e-mail and the “crisis du jour” on a daily basis, by Randy Dean, the author of the recent Amazon E-mail Bestseller, Taming the E-mail Beast.
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Ready, Set, Go! (Part II)
There are a number of ways to effectively guide the team through the project initiation and project planning processes, ensuring
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Simple steps to manage your project changes
This is the 3rd of the three articles that discuss about strategies for new project managers to function effectively. The three steps are; understanding top ten reasons of a project failure and how to proactively plan to avoid them, how to have a solid communication plan and how to manage changes. The 3rd article covers the importance of impact analysis and how to manage changes.
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Project communication and how to create a communication management plan
This is the 2nd of the three articles that discuss about strategies for new project managers to function effectively. The three steps are; understanding top ten reasons of a project failure and how to proactively plan to avoid them, how to have a solid communication plan and how to manage changes. The 2nd article covers the importance of communication and how to create project communicationmanagement plan.
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Three pronged strategy for new project managers
This is the 1st of the three articles that discuss about strategies for new project managers to function effectively. The three steps are; understanding top ten reasons of a project failure and how to proactively plan to avoid them, how to have a solid communication plan and how to manage changes. The 1st article covers top ten reasons of a project failure and how to proactively plan in order to avoid them.
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PERT Works for Non-Construction Projects, Too!
When first you heard of the PERT Diagram, it was probably in relation to engineering, architecture, or other construction or
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Avoiding Problem Of Padding
A project manager friend of mine recently transitioned into software industry from hardware manufacturing. He was complaining about the problems
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A New Decade
This is the very last week of 2009. Can you believe it? This year has gone by faster than any