Give Them An Example
At first I was disappointed in the quality of action plans prepared at the end of professional development short courses […]
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Leadership
Foreigner? No Such Thing!
Imagine an astronaut lands on Neptune and finds living creatures. What would they be called, aliens? There are no more
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Let’s Not Talk About the Vampire in the Living Room
Some parts of a project are just: slam dunk. They’re straightforward, sweet, smooth and easy. Everybody knows what to do,
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Fruits ‘n’ Nuts in a Basket
It’s that time of year: the break room tables are piled with boxes of candy and littered with crumbs. Workplace
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Program Management – Just complex Project Management?
After leading a number of projects, you are asked to lead a major effort with multiple teams working somewhat independently
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Provide More Feedback
A graduate course required a case study to be submitted every week. A grade was given, no comments were provided,
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Left Out at the Global Dinner Table
(Posted on hehalf of Dan Hartford.) Have you majorly screwed up a project? Don’t worry, you may be promoted for
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A Killer Project in Killer Code, the Novel
Has working on a project ever made you so mad that you wanted to commit murder? Has one demagogue in
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Beyond Traditional Project Management
In his 2004 book, eXtreme Project Management, Doug DeCarlo declares that “the world of project management has changed radically, totally and
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The Trouble with Projects
In my many years of running projects I have often looked back and asked why it was always so difficult
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Thoughts on Spiral Development
We have been exposed in recent years to many project management and product development methodology terms with often subtle differences
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