Miscellaneous – Page 51 – Silicon Valley Project Management

What is a Risk?

By Frank Mangini / October 22, 2008

By Frank Mangini Project management and risk management are two sides of the same coin. Projects cannot exist without risk. […]

By Jennifer Russell / October 21, 2008

Michael Hammer, in his initial article on re-engineering, evaluated the historic patterns of organizing work. His assertion was that in

By Loyal Mealer / October 20, 2008

One of the most useful things I have learned leading teams is that pictures are a very effective way to

By Randall Englund / September 30, 2008

Phil Messina, a project manager at HP, volunteered to document the PMI Norcal Symposium 2008. Here is his report. Randy

By Loyal Mealer / September 19, 2008

In my many years in the technology industry, I’ve spent thousands of hours in meetings, most of them as boring

By Loyal Mealer / September 18, 2008

In this final part of my series on communications in virtual teams, I will discuss the most important medium to

By Loyal Mealer / September 16, 2008

In part one of this series I talked about the problems with speakerphones in virtual teams. In this installment, I’ll

By Loyal Mealer / September 15, 2008

We all know that effective communication is critical to every well-executed project. Everyone involved in getting that next product to

By Jennifer Russell / September 11, 2008

How many times have we been brought in to rescue a project, and we find out that the engineers had

By Lisa DiTullio / September 6, 2008

Project management continues to shift its focus; it is no longer just an execution model, it is also a strategic

By Lisa DiTullio / September 3, 2008

Project managers come in all shapes and sizes, with varying levels of training, experience, education, and background. Some come with