Project Management Glossary
Just ran across this great Project Management Glossary maintained by Dave Wagner over at the MBA FAQ website. It has short succinct definitions of the
Three Questions every New Leader Should Ask
Just finished my morning read of some of my favorite blogs and wanted to bring Don Blohowiak's post from yesterday to everyone's attention. The post,
On Leadership
Sorry for using a title that has been used many many times, but it does a good job of capturing the essence of this post. Erik Mazzone has an interesting
Survey shows value gained using PM Best Practices
The Center for Business Practices (CBP) released their "State of Project Management 2006" survey (view PDF version here) or go to this URL:
Microsoft Vista DRM is Scary
Just ran across a report on MS Vista's DRM and content protection system by Peter Gutmann at the University of Auckland (read entire report here). What I
The Critical Chain
I've been reading Eliyahu Goldratt's book Critical Chain and am quite intrigued with the application of Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC) to Project
Rewarding Time “in Office”
Don Blohowiak has a new post on his "Leadership. Now." blog titled "Endurance Reward" where he discusses the 'old-timer, high salary' issue within
Growth at all cost?
David Maister posted another great article today relating to the almost relentless quest for corporate growth in todays marketplace. David writes: In most
Case Study Assitance
The recent IEEE Engineering Management newsletter had a link to an excellent Case Study reference guide...thought I'd post it here for everyone else:
In Memoriam: Dr. Frank M. Bass
Dr. Bass passed away on December 1, 2006. From the University of Texas at Dallas' webpage: (1926-2006) Dr. Frank M. Bass, often called the “Father of
Manager Mindsets
In a 2003 article in Harvard Business Review, the article titled "The Five Minds of a Manager" written by Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg, the
Project Portfolio Management
According to Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin, Project Portfolio Management (PPM) should be something that every project manager should embrace...and I agree.
From the UK: Experience more important?
An article on the British Computer Society's website titled "Companies claim formal IT qualifications unimportant" discusses a survey performed by IT
Project Failure
I just ran across a post by Michael Krigsman titled "Eight Causes of IT Project Failure". According to a recent report from the UK National Audit office
The Hiring Process
Recently I've been involved in helping a good friend (we'll call him Jim) search for a job. He has been unemployed now for quite some time and he is
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