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Interviews
Conversations on Project Management
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Projects, Evidently
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Richard Brunelli
(May 1)
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The manager of an evidence-gathering team of law professionals has reached a verdict, and it is in favor of project management. Bryan Melchionda spoke with Projects@Work about the growing need for bringing well-coordinated project management principles to the electronic discovery phase of large, complex legal cases.
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The Six-Way Intersection
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Richard Brunelli
(March 6)
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The director of Stanford’s acclaimed project management program has co-authored a book that outlines a six-part model to help organizations align projects with strategy, culture and structure. Ray Levitt discusses some of the book’s key takeaways with Projects@Work.[more]
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Right-Brain PM
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Projects@Work
(February 27)
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Two brains (or at least two sides) are better than one, according to project management trainer, author and award-winning engineer Michael Aucoin, who believes the best way to conquer the complex challenges of contemporary projects is to complement logical "left-brain" functions with adaptive, intuitive "right-brain" approaches.[more]
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Special Delivery
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Elizabeth Harrin
(February 7)
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Projects@Work chats with the United Kingdom’s Project Manager of the Year, whose team successfully executed a complex, three-year IT initiative involving seven highly dependent, interrelated projects that required “radical business change management” and delivered significant, ongoing financial benefits to the national postal service.[more]
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To Rid the World of Project Failure
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Projects@Work
(December 13)
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Primavera cofounder and CEO Joel Koppelman is overseeing the company’s strongest growth in a 24-year history, but he’s not quite satisfied. As part of our ongoing series of conversations with industry thought leaders, he shares insights on the governance of government projects, the challenges of collaboration, and teaching teamwork to kids.[more]
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Nebraska PMO Takes On More
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Karen Klein
(August 16)
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By finding ways to share software applications across state agencies while maintaining individual project attributes and security, Nebraska’s project management office is more efficiently supporting some 260 project managers and developers working on 1,500-plus projects. An interview with PMO manager Skip Philson.[more]
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The Zen PM
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Tom Nelson
(August 2)
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Zen teachings and practices have a meaningful place in leading projects, according to a project management veteran and long-time practitioner of meditation and yoga. In a new book, George Pitagorsky uses personal and professional experiences to illustrate how Zen can cut through complex issues to arrive at practical solutions. May this interview be enlightening...[more]
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Does Your PMO Mentor?
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Tom Nelson
(June 28)
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Almost half of the respondents to this month’s Projects@Work survey say their project management offices do a poor job of training and mentoring or don’t do it at all. That’s a missed calling as PMOs can be a nerve center for knowledge-sharing and best practice efforts. Here, two experts share their thoughts on developing mentoring programs within a PMO, and getting the most from them.[more]
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Location, Location
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Projects@Work
(May 31)
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The world may be flattening, but it’s also clustering, according to leading software researcher Michael Mah. He makes the case for the “energy synchronization” of co-located project teams, and shares some thoughts on why creativity and outsourcing rarely mix, why adding staff often exacerbates problems, and how offshore, in-house and agile-led projects fare on defect rates.[more]
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You Asked For IT
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Projects@Work
(May 3)
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In her book How To Cheat at IT Project Management, author Susan Snedaker synthesized fundamental concepts of project management, from managing scope and assessing risks to communicating with teams and sponsors. Here, she answers some frequently asked questions on how to implement these concepts in the business world.[more]
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