Lessons Learned

5 Things To Be Grateful For

Thumbnail image for 5 Things To Be Grateful For by Josh November 24, 2010 Lessons Learned

OMG. I LOVE Thanksgiving. When else can you eat 4000 calories without feeling guilty and put yourself into a tryptophan-induced coma? Family, food, and last but not least… Giving Thanks Really though, the best thing about this holiday for me is that is forces me to stop complaining and start noticing all of the amazing [...]

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Project Management Institute NA Global Congress 2010 Webcast – Part 3

Thumbnail image for Project Management Institute NA Global Congress 2010 Webcast – Part 3 by Josh October 28, 2010 Lessons Learned

Dux corralled Bas De Baar, Cornelius Fichtner, and myself and we did a collaborative webcast on Ustream while we were at the Project Management Institute’s North America Global Congress in Washington D.C. Bas provided several lessons learned for us in this video: Focus on “What does ‘done’ look like?” – specifically to your stakeholders Focus [...]

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Project Management Institute NA Global Congress 2010 Webcast – Part 2

Thumbnail image for Project Management Institute NA Global Congress 2010 Webcast – Part 2 by Josh October 25, 2010 Lessons Learned

Dux corralled Bas De Baar, Cornelius Fichtner, and myself and we did a collaborative webcast on Ustream while we were at the Project Management Institute’s North America Global Congress in Washington D.C. Cornelius discusses the importance of building customer relationships early in this segment, and focusing on your customer. His second point is on the [...]

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Project Management Institute NA Global Congress 2010 Webcast – Part 1

Thumbnail image for Project Management Institute NA Global Congress 2010 Webcast – Part 1 by Josh October 21, 2010 Lessons Learned

Dux corralled Bas De Baar, Cornelius Fichtner, and myself and we did a collaborative webcast on Ustream while we were at the Project Management Institute’s North America Global Congress in Washington D.C. We went around and discuss our top 3 lessons for project managers in general, and then gave our thoughts about the conference. I’ll [...]

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Project Management Lessons from The Washington Monument in Washington D.C.

by Josh October 10, 2010 Lessons Learned

Behind every historic monument and building is a great story and lessons to be learned about project management. Dave Garrett from Gantthead.com inspired me to record this video blog from the base of the Washington Monument after he told me a bit about the history over dinner and drinks the other night.  I am here [...]

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5 Tips on how to present projects successfully in project management

by Jason Westland March 13, 2010 Lessons Learned

Your ultimate goal in rendering a project is to finish on time, below budget and with a happy client. But how do you perform it? Here are five tips to assist you. Be Honest As the saying goes “Honesty is the Best Policy”.You have to be honest all the time in dealing with your customers. [...]

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