Simple Tools, Advanced Users
When you first start out as a professional project manager, you typically have had some informal project management experience as […]
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Planning
Learn a foreign language in between projects and on the go
Project managers work on various projects, sometimes traveling to various clients’ sites. You juggle many emails, calls, faxes and meetings
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Done or Done Done?
A common culprit behind schedule slips is adding up estimates for building subunits and not accounting for verification and integration.
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Perfecting versus perfection.
We’ve all heard the groan: “We have an aggressive schedule to meet.” The fact is, it’s not the “schedule” timeline that is aggressive; rather, it’s what we choose to fit into it. Adopting an attitude of progress refinement (perfecting over perfection) with the confidence percentage strategy helps reduce this tension between promised and actually delivered tasks.
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Energizing Agile
We’ve all heard about Agile, the good and the bad. While to some Agile is relatively new, I started being
Chop Chop, Hurry Up and Create!
How do you schedule innovation? A common conflict, even in a well planned and organized environment is marketing’s request for
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Finding time to stay ahead
Today’s busy lifestyle and every-changing technology makes it difficult to stay on top (never mind ahead). If we’re too busy taking care of today’s’ business, how can we find time to prepare for tomorrow? Granted, this opens a can of worms. There are many avenues to this discussion. Today, we’ll try to focus on “how to stay knowledgeable and continue to be considered an expert in my field.”
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Strategy Execution through Project Success
– a case for project metrics. The right metric, driving the right behavior aligned with the right strategy. Think of
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Which is better, thought or action?
I’ve heard that “It’s the thought that counts”.
I’ve heard that “Action speaks louder than words.”
I’ve heard that “I think, therefore I am.”
I’ve heard that “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
So – which is “more” right? Which is more important, thought or action?
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A “Journaling” Mindset
On Wednesday I mentioned that I carry a digital voice recorder with me at all times. I like to record
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Idea #1 in Agile
Agile isn’t about producing products faster than other methods. Agile isn’t about working faster than other people. The single most