Five years ago I was working as often as I could with Kimberly Wiefling. She was my instructor of choice for teaching my on-site project management training classes. I loved working with her and periodically we would plot about some …
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On this theme of Conventional Wisdom…. Not too long ago I was hearing lots of things about Agile. Most of it was coming from my software development colleagues, but also from project managers in other disciplines. There seemed to be …
Traditional versus Agile — false war? Read More »
Recognition is always key. What’s the role of recognition in developing project managers?
Are you rewarding the good PM or the fire fighter? Who do you want to recognize?
What else do we need to do besides providing training and a supporting culture to project managers? We need coaching and mentoring! How do we go about it setting such an environment?
What’s the role of the culture in developing project managers? Is it important? What do we need to do to make sure that the development of PMs is supported?
How do you develop a team of inexperienced PMs? A brief set of ideas here.
I truly believe in continuous improvement. In today’s world standing still really translates into regression. I apply that continuous improvement to different areas of my life: I keep pursuing knowledge on scuba diving in general and its physiology in specific, …
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Project Conference 2009 continues through this week in Phoenix, AZ. As Microsoft prepares for the release of Project 2010, it’s a good time to reflect on some additional best practices that project managers should keep in mind when using their …
Tools & Techniques – Microsoft Project Best Practices (2) Read More »
With the kick-off of Project Conference 2009 in Phoenix, AZ this week Microsoft has invited some customers and partners to get a sneak peek at Microsoft Project 2010. I have been managing projects and teaching classes on this tool for …
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Have you thought about the environment in your projects? Yes, even if you have NO wind turbines, solar cells, or cars that run on used french-fry oil in your project. Have you? Well, consider this posting as a start.
Taking advantage of the social networks that we PMs have started to form on LinkedIn, I did some polling in early 2009 to gauge the interest level (see post below) in the brand-spanking-new PMBOK(R) Guide. Using a completely non-scientific scale …
LinkedIn (yawn) to the new PMBOK? Read More »
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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Project management continues to shift its focus; it is no longer just an execution model, it is also a strategic business model. Out of the organizations that already appreciate the value of project managment in completing tasks, many have also …
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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