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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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Are you a Star Project Manager?

by Josh January 1, 2008 Career

I came across this interesting video presentation today and wanted to share. It’s only about 2 minutes long, and is methodcorp.com’s identification of key milestones on the road to a successful project management career. I especially like milestone 5, which is the silver lining side of when most fairly experienced project managers start complaining that [...]

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From the long hiatus

by Josh December 31, 2007 Grab Bag

My apologies, everyone, for going so long between posts. I’m not blog-fading though. I think finals in conjunction with all the parental duties during the holiday season really had be bogged down. This week, I’m the guest blogger for the University of California Extension, Santa Cruz and their “The Art of Project Management” blog. I [...]

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Scrappy Project Management

by Josh November 3, 2007 Books

Kimberly Wiefling is the blog leader for the University of California – Santa Cruz which I write for from time to time. She’s about as witty as they come. Check out this hilarious video and then buy her new book, Scrappy Project Management.

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Project Monitoring

by Josh September 18, 2007 Misc

Hello everyone! I’m sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have been going through a job change, and the last month has been hectic with getting things shored up at my previous company and (trying) to get up to speed at the new company. I recently listened to my favorite podcast, [...]

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