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Category: Project Management

Blogs on project management

April 29, 2020April 30, 2020Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Be Productive by Focusing on Value

Productivity is defined as our ability to create value.  Traditionally manufacturers and farmers became more productive by adding resources—people and machines—to the process.  Knowledge workers […]

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019Leadership, Project Management

Engage Your Stakeholders

Managers and project managers are often told that “engaging stakeholders” is critical to success.  However, they rarely receive guidance on what it means or how […]

November 1, 2019October 31, 2019Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Know Your Stakeholders

Stakeholder management is one of the most critical project management functions.  Stakeholders are our customers, organizational leaders, members of our project teams, and people we […]

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019Agile, Project Management

PMI Goes Agile

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is making a bold pivot toward agile.  As a project manager and an agilist, I am excited by these moves.  […]

June 2, 2019August 30, 2019Leadership, Project Management

Knowledge Management: Share the Wisdom

Knowledge Management (KM) is broadly defined as the process of creating and sharing information across the organization.  Its goal is to enable learning.  KM became […]

May 1, 2019August 26, 2019Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Road Trippin’ Organizational Change: The Journey

Organizational change and transformation efforts are often challenging.  Most fail to meet their planned objectives with 30% failing outright.  In last month’s article, ”Road Trippin’ […]

March 31, 2019June 10, 2020Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Road Trippin’ Organizational Change: The Beginning

Most organizational change efforts do not succeed.  They fail to achieve the desired results.  They are disruptive and sometimes leave the company worse-off. An oft-cited […]

March 1, 2019March 2, 2019Agile, Leadership, Project Management

The Daily Stand-Up Meeting: Best Practice

Lean and Agile organizations have harnessed the power of the stand-up meeting as a valuable process tool. The stand-up is an efficient and effective way to […]

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019Agile, Project Management

Kanban 101: Improving How We Work

Kanban is a versatile and powerful tool to help you manage your work. It can be used to track personal projects, complex operations and large programs; for […]

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Create a Learning Environment:  Profit from Your Mistakes

“All good lessons come at a cost.  Try to learn them inexpensively.” Howard Zucker When I made a mistake as a child, my father would […]

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