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A business student recently interviewed me via email. She is interested in project management and this was part of an assignment to reach out to people via Twitter to interview about what they do and the state of their industry/role. (My kudos to the professor for encouraging students to use new media to interact with people who are already in the field!)

I asked her permission to share the interview with you, I hope you find it helpful. Leave comments on what you agree and do not agree with! Read more »

Is there anything else that will help me get noticed?

After passing my Prince2 I feel I am ready to pursue my chosen career path and begin applying, what steps should I take to land a suitable role? There are jobs posted on the internet but some can receive up to 400 applications!!! How can I get my foot in the door another way?? Read more »

Predictors of Project Management Success
The results were:

Illustration 1- Behavioral Attributes or Traits that are reliable PREDICTORS of success (when combined with the other traits)

Illustration 1 shows those attributes or Essential Traits that were reliable predictors of success within the Project Management Template. (other templates or profiles would have different attributes) That is, ALL of the [...] Read more »

I am a lifelong project manager with some 40 years of project management experience under my belt, most coming from construction project management.
Over the years, I had noticed that some people are just naturally better project managers than others. Looking back over the years, it didn’t seem to matter whether they were engineers, nor did [...] Read more »