project managers

Book Giveaway – SharePoint for Project Management

by Josh April 27, 2009 Books

Update: Linda from Renton, Washington is the lucky winner! Congratulations Linda!! O’Reilly will be shipping the book directly to you shortly. Dux Raymond Sy contacted me recently to let me know about his new book, “SharePoint for Project Management“. I follow Dux on Twitter and read his blog and like what he has to say. [...]

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Project Communication

by Travis K. Anderson, MBA, PMP April 6, 2009 Communication

Effective project managers communicate about 90% of their time. There are no misunderstandings; there are only failures to communicate. Project managers communicate by using different mediums to convey a message. The message might be to an individual, a selective meeting with team leads, project sponsors, or the whole team collectively. It is truly critical for [...]

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Reader Q&A: The WBS and Cost

by Josh March 31, 2009 Cost

I wanted to share an email question I received through a Twitter contact of mine and my response. Feel free to chip in with your own insights! Question: I hope you don’t mind me coming to you for advise and help with Project Management. I have this one question which I keep pondering on. In [...]

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Nice Project Managers Finish First

by Josh March 26, 2009 Leadership

Published in the March issue of the Journal of Product Innovation Management: “One new study shows that project managers can get much better performance from their team when they treat team members with honesty, kindness and respect. A second study shows that product development teams can reap significant quality and cost benefits from socializing with [...]

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Cutbacks and Scrutiny

by Josh March 26, 2009 Career

As can be expected, much of the feedback pointed towards a cutback in new investment and thus projects. Another significant portion of the comments discussed another inevitable trend in hard times…increased scrutiny of current projects and focus on the dollars. Cutbacks North America – Although layoffs have occurred in the Canadian oil patch in recent [...]

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