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How and Why I Passed the PMP Exam
I passed the PMP Exam recently, and wanted to share my experience in general. For those opposed to the PMP exam, please read before commenting, you may be surprised. Read more »
Practice Project Management at home
As a Mom, it is important to know exactly where everyone is at any given time, how long they are going to be there, and what they are doing while they are there. Other than that, it’s pretty simple.
As a Project Manager, it is important to know exactly what task each project resource is working on at any given time, how long they will be working on that task , what they are doing and why they are doing it. Other than that, it’s pretty simple. Read more »
Successful Projects: It’s Not Rocket Science
There is often a misconception that managing an IT project is difficult. Avoiding the common pitfalls of IT project management is not rocket science, it is simply a case of taking some sensible measures. This article identifies 5 killer mistakes of project management and their solutions. Read more »
Avoid the Same Old Mistakes by Focusing on Lessons Learned
It’s said there are no new project management sins, just old ones repeated. It’s also said that we don’t learn the lessons from past projects and this must be true, otherwise why would we keep making the same old mistakes? Read more »
Point and Shoot Project Management
Project management as a whole has paralleled somewhat the changes we have witnessed in photography. Project management also has been a skill for the few, with the barrier to entry being quite high. However, the barriers are being reduced and the chance for abandoning “point and shoot” project management is here! Read more »
The Anti-PMBOKxidant - Courage
When the doo-doo hits the fan a tru project leader asks “How did I contribute to this and what do we need to do now to deal with this?” It seems like a simple enough lesson, but that doesn’t mean it is easy to learn. Read more »
The Many Faces of Your Project
What the heck did we just build? Who wanted this thing anyway?
Get ready for some comic relief. Sit back and chuckle to your heart’s content, you won’t be able to help yourself! Read more »
Theory of Constraints - 4 minute video on What to Change
“Just ask anybody in the organization what to change, and you will find out to what extent people are real experts at bitching and moaning…”
It wasn’t me, it was Goldratt who said it! Wow, I hope I don’t lose my G-rating on this website…. Read more »
Project Blame Management
John sighed. “Oh well, let’s just keep our noses to the grindstone and make sure our part is good. Even if the whole thing fails, at least they won’t be able to point the finger at us.”
“Are you sure we shouldn’t let the director know about this? Maybe he’s oblivious to the whole thing going on over there.”
“Na, besides……” Read more »
Fast Money? No, Agile EVM!
…dogs and cats living together… MASS HYSTERIA! - Dr. Peter Venkman
No, it’s true! Earned Value Management techniques can work with non-traditional project management methodologies, including Agile, Critical Chain, and Lean PM. Read more »
Resolving Conflict
Conflicts arise due to incompatibility of goals. Biswamohan Routray writes about the strengths and weaknesses of 5 methods for resolving conflicts in project management Read more »
Lessons Learned from Anita Wotiz
Anita Wotiz is the guest blogger this week over at the UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley Project Management blog. She published great post titled “An unrepeatable success?” Read it here.
It was great to hear about the project, specifically the lessons learned and trying to relate them to my own experience.
I wouldn’t write the first set [...] Read more »
Watch Out for False Productivity
Cutting’s Edge is one of my favorite project management blogs. Thomas recently posted on the cost of project success. I enjoyed the examples of the construction of several wonders of the world as projects and their often overlooked consequences on the project teams that built them.
Thomas draws out a parallel to contemporary projects, and [...] Read more »
The Orchestra Conductor
Sam Hahn drew a pretty picture the other day in comparing project management and the role of the project manager to an orchestra and its conductor. I do not have much of a musical background, but even I can see the perfect parallel between a conductor and project manager. I started thinking about how [...] Read more »
