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“ Project management wisdom from practictioners and the UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley ”
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First Indexed: 2009-10-09 07:50:22
Last updated: 2010-09-05 12:00:20
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Green Project Management And The Bp Deepwater Horizon Spill(3/3)

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A joint post from EarthPM and TenStep: Last time we introduced this series and outlined the focus for the topic of green project management using the Deepwater Horizon disaster as motivation. In this post, we’ll cover how we’d w...(more)
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Green Project Management And The Bp Deepwater Horizon Spill(2/3)

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A joint post from EarthPM and TenStep: Last time we introduced this series and outlined the focus for the topic of green project management using the Deepwater Horizon disaster as motivation. In this post, we’ll cover how we’d w...(more)
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Green Project Management And The Bp Deepwater Horizon Spill(1/3)

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A joint post from EarthPM and TenStep: There are many examples of projects undertaken to produce some deliverable with environmental implications. In fact, one may assert that in fact, any project, since it uses resources, has environmental...(more)
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The Project Manager As Superhero: Part 5

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Read  how Project Man-ager uses his skills to defeat Scope Creep and The Bug and succeed in Project…. The Bug’s latest has thrown them. But Project Man-ager was an old warrior and he been through a lot over the years in Project, a...(more)
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The Project Manager As Superhero: Part 4

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Indexed  August 26, 2010
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By changing scope, is Project in danger? The Bug listened carefully to Scope Creep’s story of and saw opportunity. By changing Signed Scope, Scope Creep had probably created a few more weaknesses in Project that Bug could turn into major ...(more)
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The Project Manager As Superhero: Part 3

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 Does Scope Creep get in the way? Find out below…. Queen Spon-soor didn’t know what to do. She had listened to Harry and just didn’t know what to do. Bud Geted was already upset and Harry’s new requests would cost him.   It ...(more)
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The Project Manager As Superhero: Part 2

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Indexed  August 23, 2010
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When last we  left Project Man-ager in Part 1,  he was doubting his ability to prevail in the fight against Scope Creep and The Bug…. Project Man-ager’s  phone rang. He recognized the extension and sighed as he picked up. Harry...(more)
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The Project Manager As Superhero

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Indexed  August 23, 2010
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The following story is true and happens all the time…. Long, long ago and not so far away, in the kingdom of “Project” and its sister city “International Project”, there lived a man with wisdom and years of experience toiling in t...(more)
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The Extra Mile…

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Indexed  August 22, 2010
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Project managers are adept at managing a project – track status, escalate issues and manage   risks.  Then why do some projects seem to go well all along while some are always at risk and filled with issues?   In addition to good com...(more)
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Cost Vs. Benefit – Sometimes The Right Thing May Not Be The Best Thi>

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Indexed  August 21, 2010
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So your project team member – working on a critical path task – comes up to you and says, “I don’t think the original design is the right way to do this. This is not scalable. I will have to redo a part of my work and will n...(more)
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Communication – What Matters And When!

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Indexed  August 16, 2010
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It is a clichéd topic – communication. However, in spite of countless books and training sessions people often miss the mark when it comes to communication FOR a project.  I have seen many projects that were derailed because of how stat...(more)
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Stand Up And Stand Out, Part Iii

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Indexed  August 13, 2010
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When you’re presenting, do audience members fall asleep, walk out, multi-task, or show impatience? In order to stand up and stand out during your presentation… Know Your Audience. Be sure to understand your audience needs and capabiliti...(more)
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Stand Up And Stand Out, Part Ii

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You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em.  Every project manager must make presentations during the life of a project.  Do you get giddy at the prospect of being in front of the audience, or do you shrivel at the thought? Successful presen...(more)
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Stand Up And Stand Out

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According to a recent USA Today survey, the most stressful event for people is public speaking.  Are you a project manager who experiences a rapid heartbeat and sweaty palms when it’s your turn to present, or do you stand up and stand ou...(more)
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The Next, Big Social Network

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Facebook’s meteoric growth finally slowed in June 2010. We give you 2 reasons for this and predictions for the next, big social network....(more)
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Social Media Maturity Model – Where Is Your Company?

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Social Media is no longer just a fad with companies. There seems to be 4 major stages that companies go through before they get to "Social Advantage."...(more)
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How Project Managers Can Use Social Media

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Since Project Managers play the role of planning, organizing, and managing resources - all social tasks - they should be embracing, using, and benefiting from using Social Tools to manage their projects....(more)
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Social Media Coming To A Job Near You

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Facebook has become the most popular internet site, but Social Networking hasn’t become mainstream at work. Will it?...(more)
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90%?

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Indexed  July 29, 2010
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“Project management?  That’s just a lot of useless overhead!”   I remember hearing variations of this a lot years ago.  I don’t hear this much anymore (due at least in some part to the good work at PMI), but I hav...(more)
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Traditional Versus Agile — False War?

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On this theme of Conventional Wisdom…. Not too long ago I was hearing lots of things about Agile.  Most of it was coming from my software development colleagues, but also from project managers in other disciplines.  There seemed to ...(more)
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