Project Management and the Myth of Sisyphus
Many people have heard about the fate of Sisyphus, but not as many people know why. That is what we …
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What happens if the Dog Catches the Car?
I grew up in a rural area. Rural enough that dogs chased cars. Extraordinarily enough, the dogs never caught the …
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Project Management and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Have you ever been on a project or program where all the PMs knew that their project was in trouble, …
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Are You the One-Eyed Man in the Land of the Blind or The Blind Leading the Blind?
Have you ever asked yourself this question? I have. There were times I thought I was sure I knew what …
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Are You a Seeker or a Dwarf?
When Project Managers and others work on projects, they often consider themselves enlightened seekers. People seeking new and better ways …
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Project Manager Title Poll
The results have come back and people like the title Project Manager. The options and breakdown where: Project Journalist 14% …
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How Do You Measure Time and Why?
The greeks measured time in two ways. Chronos, the quantitative measure of seconds, minutes, hours and days and Kairos, the …
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What Project Managers can Learn from Day Traders
First an update on voting. Quite a few people really liked Project Manager, which isn’t surprising. There are also some …
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Henry Ford would tell you, Methodologies (PMI, Agile, PRINCE2, etc.), like History, are Bunk
Dr. Martin Luther King used to end speechs by quoting a prayer from an old slave preacher. It’s an apt …
Project Manager – Right Person, Wrong Title?
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking. – John Maynard …
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Do You Align People or Let Them Align?
By Andrew Meyer People are inherently self organizing. Who did you make friends with when you were a kid on …
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4. The Credit Crisis: For Project Managers – What should you Expect?
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive …
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3. The Credit Crisis: For Project Managers – What Does It Mean?
By Andrew Meyer “Times change, we change with them.” – Latin Proverb In 1983, US companies spent $32 billion on …
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2. The Credit Crisis: Why is it Important? A Little History
By Andrew Meyer History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we …
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1. The Credit Crisis: What Does it Mean for You and Your Company?
One of the biggest problems we face today is the egregious mismanagement and reckless incompetence of many American corporate boards …
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