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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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PM Network – Go, Team, Go!

by Josh November 12, 2007 Leadership

I finally got a chance to read this month’s PM Network magazine. There is an article on keeping project team motivated that caught my attention starting on page 38, written by Simon Kent. The article reminded me of a previous post I wrote back in February, 2007 titled Motivational Theory in Project Management where I [...]

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Scope Verification

by Josh October 25, 2007 PMP

Scope verification is defined in the PMBOK as “the process of obtaining the stakeholders’ formal acceptance of the completed project scope and associated deliverables.” I’ve been thinking about this process recently, and would like to share a few thoughts on the matter. When you start thinking about the details for how this will work on [...]

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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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Point 10 – No Slogans or Disingenuous Pep Talks

by Josh June 16, 2007 Misc

This point consists of two elements as I see it. (1) Walk the talk, and (2) hold systems accountable. Walk the Talk Slogans are phony. The word slogan has a connotation of something that is not real. It sounds like an advertisement, and not something you can really trust in. In a project management organization, [...]

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Point 9 – Break Down Departmental Barriers in Pursuit of a Common Goal

by Josh June 15, 2007 Misc

Many processes are cross-functional. The same is true of projects. This point is about dissolving the “us versus them” scenario that so often exists in one form or another within organizations. In most projects that I work on, there are individuals from departments such as operations, central services and other support functions, MIS, IT, Service [...]

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