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AND Pawel wrote an interesting blog post titled How to Suck as a Project Manager that sparked this topic for me. In that post, Pawel spoke specifically about how keeping procedures is the least important part of the project manager̵...(
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The PMI has done a magnificent job of marketing themselves and one of their certifications in particular, the PMP exam. If you are relatively new to the career opportunities that revolve around project management and start researching more ...(
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Hi Josh - Just wanted to let you know I passed my PMP exam this summer – actually August 6th at around 4:30 pm (est) I believe was when I saw PASS on the computer screen in front of me. Here’s what helped me: Your site and advic...(
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Please enjoy this video from MIT, the first in a series on Lean Six Sigma. In this video: Origins of lean and six sigma “5S” lean tool Lean, lean enterprise, and stakeholders Why lean six sigma principles are being implemented...(
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Hello, I am a graphic designer in Croatia with 6 years of work experience and a BS in information systems from the US university (it probably does not matter for my question, but anyway). I am in my mid thirties and would like to enter the ...(
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Finishing projects on time is very important; but holding yourself accountable to a baseline is only as valid as the change management process you have in place. The definition of “on time” changes based on context and how expec...(
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How do you break into another industry as a project manager? I was recently asked this question by someone coming from the film industry. The resume I was referred to looked more like a filmography listing for this post-production supervi...(
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The pre-frontal cortex of our brains can mislead us. Big time. I am continuing my journey into the nature of project estimation and the irrationality of the human mind, in order to get better at it. A few of the books I’ve listene...(
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I use techniques I learned as a project manager in my everyday life all the time. Do you? If you are learning to become a project manager, have you started experimenting with these tools and techniques on your own, so that when you do sta...(
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One of the aspects of managing projects I love is continuously learning about new approaches and figuring out how I can apply aspects of them for positive change. Kanban and Lean are of particular interest to me right now and I came acros...(
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I have always respected Pawel Brodzinski for his pragmatic style and views on software development. Recently, I started to get very interested in Kanban and have spent some time researching the topic since it is something I have not yet use...(
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Going to an existing project team is a unique challenge. Doing it twice in a few months makes you reflect on lessons learned. There are a whole new set of stakeholders, and whole new team. Every individual has their own history, contrib...(
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Glen Alleman recently pointed me to a paper by Jorge Aranda among other material on software estimation. I sat down and read Anchoring and Adjustment in Software Estimation and it was well worth my time. To cut to the chase, the subjects we...(
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Project estimation can be a headache for new project managers. There are lots of opinions out there and not much that weighs various methods…rather you find people who feel strongly about one way or another. To give a quick overvi...(
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Social media/networking is awesome. Here’s an example. Last week I received a question via Facebook looking for PMO resource material, specifically PMO best practices. So I published a post called PMO Best Practices with some that I...(
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Tell me a bit about the book. The Promotable Business Analyst is about helping business analyst professionals discover and take the next step in their career. Like the project management role, the business analyst role varies widely across ...(
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My team does a daily tag-up (Scrum-ish in nature) and just started going outside now that it’s feasible for us to quickly get to our meeting spot. We meet in the cafeteria area when it’s not so nice outside, and I think either w...(
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I came across this video from Bas De Baar’s Project Shrink Podcast and had to share.
This is Hal Macomber talking about how he has implemented blogging as a way for his project team to develop ideas, best practices, and many other ben...(
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Time to hold my feet to the fire.
Recently I wrote a post about email communication on projects. My focus was for co-located teams and my aversion to using email as a primary communication mechanism for this kind of project environment.
I...(
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Kevin from the UK wrote in asking the following:
I am just at the stage of starting to introduce Prince 2 health checks to my projects. Do you have any experience or examples I could use as guidance?
I forwarded this question to Frank Tur...(
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