In Search of the New ideas in Project Management – Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I brought up the topic of innovation in Project Management…or really the topic of the POSSIBILITY of innovation in Project Management. I had become very interested in some of the...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye – The Empty Nest of Project Management Consulting
In our role as a Project Management consultant, we are often confronted with a situation which may be familiar to us from another role we play in real life – that of parents. As our children grow and...
View ArticleI Believe In The (Project Management) Promised Land
The Promised Land of Project Management – Is Nirvana possible? Let’s take a look… In Project Management Nirvana, the entire organization understands the overall corporate strategy, and will only plan...
View ArticleOutlook Unclear – Accepting the Un-Acceptable (Meeting Response)
Today’s post is less about Project Management, and more observational on how a somewhat odd practice of using Microsoft Outlook can offer insight into the culture of an organization. Not long ago, I...
View ArticleProject Management Fantasies #2 – What If There Was No Issues List?
I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but it has often been my experience that a Project Issues List can take on certain magical qualities as the project progresses. The “magical” Issues List...
View ArticleIndustry Jargon 101: What is “Senior”
What would the financial services industry do without the word “Senior”? There are Senior Vice Presidents, Senior Analysts, Senior Teams, Senior Management…and of, course, Senior Project Managers… But...
View ArticleAt Long Last! My First Book –“NO PROJECT MANAGEMENT BY POWERPOINT” – is now...
I’ve been away from the blog for a long time, I know…Mostly because I was finishing up…then editing…and reviewing…and editing…and reviewing…and approving…my first book, entitled: No Project Management...
View ArticleMore Efficient E-Mail Practices: Why I Love (and still cannot afford a) Ferrari:
Over the last year or so, I’ve written a couple of times about my pet peeves from the world of corporate email practices. Last December, I tried to explain how the overuse of the cc: function, both...
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