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Communicating with Client
Being a project manager is a kind of job which brings a lot of occasions to communicate with different people. You talk internally with a project team; you even try to organize their work. What even more...
What is Scope? What should it be?
I have been having a bit of a discussion over at the IIBA blog with Kevin (VP BOK) and Julian (Chief architect.) It’s migrated over to definitions of scope. I want to comment on it here because...
Three Easy Conflict Management Techniques
Question: I have been a project manager for years, and I have dealt with many conflicts amongst my team members. Mediation, effective communication, team-building exercises…sure, they...
Maximising a Project's Chances of Success
The difference between success and failure in implementing change in any enterprise is quite often the smallest thing – a small key in a large lock.
PMI’s PDU Secrets
A project manager has to be many things. To name just a few, a PM has to be a great communicator, a leader, a visionary, and be able to both build and inspire the team. First and foremost, however, a project...
How Can a PMO Go Green?
Many companies are finding that they must build project management capability if they are going to meet the business challenges in the future. PMOs are increasingly being viewed as an essential component that...
Is Your PMO Ready to Go Green?
By Tom Mochal, PMP and Andrea Krasnoff, PMP Organizations around the world are implementing formal project management processes and disciplines to deliver their work initiatives on time, within...
Can Quality Go Green?
By Tom Mochal, PMP and Andrea Krasnoff, PMP It is possible that in the future it will make sense to establish “environmental management” as one of the foundational skills for project...
Is Green Project Management the Wave of the Future?
By Tom Mochal, PMP and Andrea Krasnoff, PMP The influence of green and the focus on the environment continues to expand globally. One sign of this is the number of organizations who have become...
In the Zone
Termites were dropping on my head and I had no clue! I came back to my office and immediately immersed myself in answering communications, doing research for clients and jotting down ideas for new...
Three Easy Ways for Dealing with Team Conflict
Question: I have been a project manager for years, and I have dealt with many conflicts amongst my team members. Mediation, effective communication, team-building exercises…sure, they...
WBS Equals We Build Strength
I realize that you know that from a traditional project management perspective the correct words behind the acronym WBS are work breakdown structure. Now since you are going to follow best practices...
What Could Happen?
If you do X, what is the worst thing that could happen? Now, what is the best thing that could happen? Are you prepared for both scenarios? These are three simple questions to ask yourself when...
Is Project Management Common Sense?
“Isn’t this all just common sense?” Wow, good question. This question was asked by one of my students while we were discussing the importance of managing project resources and assignments...
Scrum - Agile Project Management
Project Management I was involved in the project Manager role in many 5 years. I believe the communication is very important as part of the project management. Communication...
Software Project Planning – a Practitioner’s Perspective
"Nobody plans to fail – they just fail to plan" – Anonymous "If I were given six hours to fell a tree, I would spend the first four hours sharpening the axe" – Abraham...
Facing up to the IT Communication Challenge
You probably don’t need me to tell you: It can be really challenging to communicate in a complex business environment wherein each individual has their own specialties, focus and vested interests!...
Recomandari pentru descompunerea proiectului pe activitati
In articolul anterior am studiat metoda de descompunere a proiectului in activitati, al carei rezultat este structura ierarhica de tip Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Desi principiile de lucru ale acestei...
NextStep - Boletín TenStep Latinoamérica Año 2 No.48 Agosto 2008
CONTENIDO Programa TenStep de Preparación para la Certificación PMP® Empatía y Gestión de Cambios Participa en nuestras pláticas...
NextStep - Boletín TenStep Latinoamérica Año 2 No.47 Julio 2008
CONTENIDOCada vez es más la gente que se ha beneficiado con nuestro exitoso programa.No te quedes atrás, en 2008 dale un empujón a tu carrera. El programa TenStep te ofrece la mejor...
Analogia (Técnica para estimativa)
Analogia (Técnica para estimativa) Embora todos os projectos sejam únicos, alguns têm bastantes semelhanças. Nesta técnica de estimação, o seu projecto...
Até que tamanho uma atividade deve ser fracionada em um cronograma?
O processo de criação de uma estrutura analítica do projeto (EAP), requer um processo repetitivo de fracionar partes maiores do trabalho em uma série de partes cada vez menores....
The Anti-PMBOXidant
Look at (almost) any beverage label these days, or walk down the vitamin aisle of your pharmacy (chemist), and you?ll see it ? ?Contains Powerful Antioxidants?. What are these? Antioxidants help to fight...
Business Case Reference Material for Talent Projects
Having trouble making the business case for that next HR project? Here's some interesting reference material from IBM and partners for putting that funding request into tangible terms. ... ... "Organizations...
Why projects fail: the presentation
Last month I gave a presentation at the Nottingham and Derby branch of the British Computer Society about why projects fail ? which, as regular readers will know, is a subject close to my heart. It was...
10 Steps to Becoming a PMP - Step 11
Step 11 (Bonus Step): Earn 60 PDUs in 3 Years. Congratulations! You are a PMP as soon as you pass the exam. There is no waiting period. As soon as you see "Passed" on the screen you hold the PMP certification....
Do They Know What?s Important
I haven?t pushed it because I didn?t know it was important. I?d call if I knew it was a high priority task. Wasn?t I expected to complete other things earlier? No one told me it has to be done by Monday....
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