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Category: Project Management

Blogs on project management

November 26, 2018January 21, 2021Interviews, Leadership, Project Management

Improving Communications with DISC

“Improving Communications with DISC,” George Washington University’s Masters of Project Management Program Webinar, October 30, 2018. Communications theory tells us that communications are about the […]

November 1, 2018July 22, 2020Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Forming a Team? Plan for Success

Remember the last time you joined a new team or organization.  What was it like?  Was it awkward?  Did you make decisions easily?  Were expectations […]

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Conducting a Successful Brainstorming Meeting

Well facilitated brainstorming sessions are amazing.  A creative, sharing atmosphere is built. Numerous ideas are generated.  Participants feel productive, valued, and are enthusiastic.  By contrast, […]

August 2, 2018Project Management

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

Ben Franklin was a an American founding father, inventor, diplomat, and philosopher.  He also wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac which contained information for farmers and timeless adages.  […]

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018Project Management

Value of Visual Inspection

Recently, my wife and I took a trip.  We were at the airport.  Our flight was delayed.  She was sitting with her back to the […]

June 3, 2018June 19, 2023Agile, Project Management

Project Portfolio Management: Simplify the Selection Process

Many organizations struggle with project portfolio management (PPM).  On the face of it, portfolio management should be easy.  We want to align our funding decisions […]

March 1, 2018March 5, 2018Project Management

Learning to Love the PMBOK®–It Wasn’t Easy

Years ago, I begrudgingly took my project management certification (PMP®) exam.  I passed.  Almost a decade later, I now teach PMP® preparation classes and see […]

January 3, 2018January 5, 2018Project Management

Culture and Successful Projects

Project management has a consistent and unimpressive performance record.  The Standish Group’s on-going survey of project performance finds the percentage of projects that were deemed […]

December 1, 2017December 3, 2017Agile, Project Management

Eliminating Waste in Knowledge Work

Many of us are “knowledge workers.” We do not physically create a product. We work in areas that are important to our enterprise, but do […]

October 1, 2017September 28, 2017Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Effective Communications = Productive Project Teams

Effective communications are the cornerstone to successful projects and productive teams.   The Agile Manifesto extolls the virtues of collaboration, individual interactions, and face-to-face communications. Projects […]

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