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Are you a Technologically Reliant Project Manager?
published on May 16th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
In the professional world where technology is omnipresent, we as project and program managers are used to tying our personal and professional lives to technology and gadgets like smart phones, ...
An Organization's Intangible Process Assets
published on May 14th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
On the shores of the Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan stands The Wen-Wan Resort, a luxury hotel. It looks like like an ocean liner and is built extensively of glass. The resort is licensed as a ...
Project Professionals: Don't Let a Little Tiger Get in Your Way
published on May 13th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
If anyone could get a room full of project and program managers mimicking a jockey on a horse, it's Jim Lawless. The closing speaker at the PMI® Global Congress 2012 -- EMEA in Marseille, France, ...
Pay Attention to Your Project Management Career
published on May 10th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
Throughout the workday, project professionals are bombarded by an overwhelming number of stimuli. And yet we can only take notice of a very small number of things. The majority of what we encounter ...
European Commission Makes Project Management Progress
published on May 9th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
The European Commission is looking for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth through technology. And it's using project management to get there."Project management is at the heart of our ...
Top-Down Leadership Doesn't Always Work in Today's Complex World
published on May 9th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
There's no single definition of leadership. Whether they opt to emulate Sun Tzu or Steve Jobs, project professionals should assess their teams and organizations to carve out their own leadership ...
Improve Burndown Charts for Your Projects
published on May 8th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
Agile teams use burndown charts to show the amount of work completed over time to monitor their progress. There are three common patterns to look for in a burndown chart. When progress stalls, the ...
Inspire Your Multigenerational Team
published on April 30th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
Although the multigenerational team has always existed, project performance can be affected by the project manager's leadership style. The project manager must inspire the members of different ...
Excel as a Project Team
published on April 26th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
What makes projects move and people excel? In my opinion, there are three characteristics that are consistently found in great project practitioners:1. Urgency 2. ...
Build a Business Case for Lessons Learned 
published on April 24th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
If you are not having project reviews and meetings to address lessons learned, it may be that your project sponsors do not count these as valuable activities. You know better, but how do you make a ...
Why Getting Mad Can Benefit Your Projects
published on April 20th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
"Get mad, then get over it." --Gen. Colin Powell, USA (Ret.)Generally, people consider anger to be a negative emotion. But it doesn't have to be.Let's review the positive side of anger: Anger can ...
Craft "High-Quality" Requirements
published on April 19th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
Project requirements derive from concrete business needs or business-use cases and constitute the foundation for the project work. Without requirements, projects cannot exist.Incomplete and unclear ...
The "Other-Conscious" in Public Speaking
published on April 12th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
In my last post, Contagious Enthusiasm in Public Speaking, I talked about how being overly self-conscious can inhibit your effectiveness as a public speaker. I also know that public speaking is a ...
Project Success: Elements of High Productivity
published on April 10th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
I've been in the project management profession for more than a decade. Admittedly, I've had my share of times when I was less productive than I would like to be. While I haven't figured out an exact ...
What Does a Project Sponsor Really Do?
published on April 5th, 2012 at 08:35 AM
A recent commenter suggested I write a post to help clarify the project sponsor's role.Your project sponsor is the key link between the project management team and the organization's executive ...