project manager

Don’t Try This Alone! Whacky for Wikis and Crazy for Collaboration

by kwiefling January 14, 2009 Tools

Happy New Year everyone!  I live in California, so my snowmen have to been made of something besides snow, as you can see.  I do hope you are not succumbing to the temptation to sink into doom and gloom due to rampant forecasts of imminent and long-lasting economic disaster.  Resist the urge!  It’s a mood [...]

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Practice Project Management at home

by Jennifer Bedell November 25, 2008 Lessons Learned

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.

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Successful Projects: It’s Not Rocket Science

by Duncan Haughey October 30, 2008 Misc

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.

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Avoid the Same Old Mistakes by Focusing on Lessons Learned

by Duncan Haughey October 28, 2008 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?

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Point and Shoot Project Management

by Adam.Clark October 19, 2008 Tools

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!

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The Anti-PMBOKxidant – Courage

by kwiefling September 24, 2008 Leadership

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.

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