Idea #1 in Agile
Agile isn’t about producing products faster than other methods. Agile isn’t about working faster than other people. The single most […]
Organizational Leadership
Prototype your way to Real
When project managing for innovation and change, three important steps are getting great inspiration, having an effective idea generation session, and then moving your ideas forward with prototyping. Consider your personal and organizational prototyping practices: do you prototype across a wide range of levels, from rough to real? Do you prototype both your tangible and intangible concepts, as you might for service design and organizational change? Take a look at the following post to imagine your path this year on what and how to prototype – for yourself or across your company.
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Resolution: Figure out my innovation type
Ever been in a brainstorm and felt how differently your colleagues respond to new ideas? It turns out there are different “innovation types.” You may want to know what kind of innovator you are, and how you can improve your own work and your understanding of others in an innovation project team.
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How to Align Project Work with Organization Strategy
Author: Mitch Rosner In the UCSC Project Leadership and Communication course, I was asked “what are project management leadership and
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Roma’s Rambles about Project Leadership and Communication Best Practices
Author: Ruomu Zhu What are project management leadership and communication best practices for aligning project work to the needs of
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Should I Propose a PMO to Leadership?
Author: Shuna Wu Would I propose a PMO to my company? The answer is Yes! As a program manager, I
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Set Sail on a PMO journey
Author: Romain Tanière It seems like your projects consistently overrun their budget, are delayed due to over-committed resources and don’t
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PMO vs Extreme Project Management the “Smackdown”
Strong PMOs enhance the project management process not by saddling it with unnecessary processes and procedures – thinking EPM here – but choosing the right projects, allowing the project manager to effectively execute. The PMO provides assistance and guidance – to achieve one-time success that translates into repeatability, scalability and compliance.
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“Just say ‘No’” isn’t as simple as it seems.
Undoubted you’ve heard the advice “Just Say No” to things when you’re feeling overwhelmed. In actuality, saying “no” to life and its opportunities is a resistive, defensive and negative attitude producing additional stress. This stress management presentation shares fun, practical and life-changing tips on ways to say “YES” to things — on your own terms.
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Change or Die
As a member of the PMI Leadership Institute Advisory Group I have the pleasure to have an active part in
Project Management Unplugged: Facilitation and the Power of Intuition
When I started working as a Program Manager back in the early 90s, I realized that I had to take
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