Training

Point 13 – Training Not Related to Job/Task

by Josh June 27, 2007 Misc

In order for continuous improvement to become organizational culture, it must also become a personal goal for every employee. Self-improvement should not be limited to immediate application, that would be an example of short-term thinking. Employees are the most important assets of an organization, and therefore require effort to retain and enhance them. On project [...]

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Point 7 – Teach and Institute Leadership

by Josh June 11, 2007 Misc

It is the age-old distinction that usually merits much lip service and little true implementation. There is supervision/management, and then there is leadership. Project managers can either be supervisors or leaders, regardless of their job title. Supervising/managing is simply overseeing and directing work. If you know everything about PMBOK and other methodologies, but practice project [...]

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Point 6 – Job/task-related training

by Josh June 9, 2007 Misc

A quality organization understands the value of the people who work in it. The same goes for project management. Training project managers, analysts, and everyone else who regularly works on projects in the company methodology, soft skills, etc. can bring significant rewards. Many companies use the cop-out of “on the job training” to sidestep any [...]

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Point 1 – Commitment from the top to continuous improvement as a way of life

by Josh May 1, 2007 Misc

Deming’s first point is an important one. There needs to be commitment from the top to make continuous improvement a priority. To do it right, most firms would probably implement a Project Management Office from which continuous improvement activities can be based, one that has dominion over methodology and training at a minimum. The PMO [...]

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Deming’s 14 Points in Project Management

by Josh April 29, 2007 Misc

Dr. W. Edwards Deming was recently re-introduced to me in my Project Performance and Quality Assurance class. I have heard of him before and touched on some of his philosophy in other classes, but focused much more in-depth this time. The majority of his philosophy around quality and organizational management resonate with me. So, I’ve [...]

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Project Team Diversity

by Josh January 30, 2007 Leadership

Tonight I had my HR Project Management class. One of the key topics we discussed was managing project team diversity. We watched the PBS production “A Class Divided” to start with. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend it. It was especially interesting when we discussed it within the context of project teams. The video [...]

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