design

There is a new design to pmStudent now in place.  As I type this post, I am getting people from all over the world who are interested in contributing to pmStudent on an “as I can” basis.

These are veterans, students, new project managers, business analysts, and everything in between.  My goal is to get as many people as possible, and most will only post one or a few times a month.  I plan to use a queuing system to structure the content from multiple authors in a consistent manner and have a reliable daily dose of pmStudent coming your way.

If you haven’t yet contacted me about writing for pmStudent, please do so now! My email address is joshnankivel@gmail.com.  Remember, I’m looking for students who have never written a blog post to veterans with decades of experience.  I hope this will turn into an educational community-driven blog where newbies throw out their theories, veterans share lessons learned, and all other types of interaction that will increase the zeitgeist of project management knowledge.

A snapshot of the new site design is below.  I will definitely be fine-tuning it as we move along, but I wanted to get it out there (I’m more of an iterative guy, anyway!)  I am using the Visionary WordPress theme and have migrated from the blogger hosted platform to hosting my own WordPress blog at midPhase.  (Excellent 1-click WordPress install!)  I really like the more visual layout and “landing page” style.  I hope you do too!

I have had a few issues with getting the domains pointed correctly, etc. so please bear with me if you’ve experienced any problems.  Thanks!


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Valuing Time as a Business Resource – Interview with Curt Finch

by Josh February 6, 2008 Books

I recently read a new book by Curt Finch, CEO of Journyx, Inc. titled “All Your Money Won’t Another Minute Buy – Valuing Time as a Business Resource.” I have always been a student of time management, so I was delighted with the opportunity to interview Curt about the book. Please enjoy the interview.

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Critical Chain Benefits From Traditional PM

by Josh January 20, 2008 Critical Chain

Today I was trying to think of ways to integrate some of the methods and benefits of Critical Chain project management into the traditional PM methodology most companies use. I wanted to pick out one element of CC that would potentially yield the most benefit without much, if any, additional overhead to the project manager. [...]

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Planning For Change

by Josh January 17, 2008 Leadership

One thing that never changes is the constancy of change. That seems like a self-evident truth, doesn’t it? So why do we plan as if change will not happen? People in general are fairly good at managing change, but of course we vary widely in those abilities among individuals. As a result, I believe most [...]

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Point 11 – Attribute Results to Processes

by Josh June 16, 2007 Misc

This may be the most controversial point, but in my opinion it is aligned with the rest of Deming’s philosophy nicely, and I agree with this point totally. In the US especially, Management By Objectives (MBO) is very much the status quo. I’ll give a short explanation of my opinion from an operational standpoint first [...]

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Point 3 – Inspection is a tool for improvement, not a whip

by Josh May 12, 2007 Misc

Deming’s third point urges practitioners to design quality into processes, using inspection as an information-gathering tool to do so. In project management, the processes and systems make up a methodology. Does your organization have a consistent methodology, or does everyone run projects their own way? Inspecting project performance through the lens of continuous improvement facilitates [...]

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