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Opinions
Perspectives, Passions & Peeves
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Universal Laws of Risk
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David Hillson
(March 10)
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To manage risk effectively on our projects, we need to deal with uncertainty, understand why it matters, follow a structured process, and take into account the human side that influences judgment and decisions.
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Risk Realism
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David Hillson, PMP
(February 23)
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When it comes to risk management, pessimism and optimism have their roles, but it's best to aim for realism. Here are five steps.[more]
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Permission to Stumble
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Paul Glen
(January 14)
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One of the great impediments to the development of new project managers is the need to succeed above all else. A little success early on is nice, but sometimes it creates bad habits. A little failure often teaches more valuable, enduring lessons.[more]
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Agile Drivers
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Angela Druckman
(January 6)
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From smaller teams to collective intelligence, six widespread business trends are driving the growing agile movement. Here is a summary of them and how they affect project managers working for organizations undergoing an agile transition in 2010.[more]
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Needy Clients
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Brad Egeland
(October 29)
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It takes much more than consistent paperwork and status meetings to satisfy a demanding customer. You certainly have to deliver the basics — timely reports and revisions, updated schedules, revised issues and risks lists — but sometimes that’s just not enough.[more]
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Happy Customers
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Brad Egeland
(October 8)
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The idea that customer service is part of a project manager’s job description is not much in debate. So why is it so often relegated to an afterthought when planning a project and gauging its ultimate success or failure? For better or worse, we’re only as successful as our last customer thinks we are.[more]
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Don't Be Trivial
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Kathleen Ryan O'Connor
(September 10)
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Have the roles of project manager and business analyst become trivialized? Yes, thanks to “preposterous, ponderous” paperwork, according to former CIO and current business agilist Michael Hugos. Here he elaborates on his provocative view, including the five questions that every project leader should be focusing on getting answered, instead.[more]
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Command Intent
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David Schmaltz
(August 6)
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Dynamic projects demand that teams not so much follow plans as continuously rethink and reinterpret them, continuously collaborating on the way to value-driven results. Likewise, stakeholders and project managers must appreciate that clearly communicating their “command intent” has become more critical to success than dictating discrete orders.[more]
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Clabberation
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David Schmaltz
(July 30)
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Collaborative planning is never a simple process, and nearly impossible to distill into a reliably repeatable process. The fact is, we often marginalize or outright exclude those who frustrate our planning with opposing views. After pushing through the plan, we get to live with the result. But communicating your command intent through “clabberation” — not a tidy plan — might just be the purpose of every project.[more]
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Foolish Consistency
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George Pitagorsky, PMP
(July 2)
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The ability to balance consistency and flexibility is a significant factor in achieving success on dynamic, complex projects. Methodologies, standards and procedures must be adapted in a way that promotes — and sustains — optimal performance in a variety of changing conditions.[more]
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