I’ve been spending quite a bit of time lately reading material authored by Seth Godin. Seth is reported to be one of the top twenty-five most influential bloggers, has a unique (and useful) marketing perspective, and an ability to find those gold nuggets of wisdom amidst all the chatter. As part of a cooperative venture, [...]

There’s an interesting article I ran across over in a blog in Tech Republic called “Innovative project managers use ‘think time’. In the article it is pointed out that project managers not only need to be systematic but also innovative. That combination got me to thinking just like the article intended. How many times have [...]

I ran across this quotation a few days ago and it seemed so appropriate for today’s environment. With the recession and job losses haunting everyone, often it is hard to keep one’s focus on what is really important. I know everyone has their own motivational quotes but, for me, this one seemed so appropriate. Finish [...]

Completing the Project Plan – It’s Not Enough You, the diligent project manager, planned out the entire project. You hounded everyone involved to get the proper tasks laid out. You ran your Monte Carlo simulation to get the variances that were acceptable. You estimated costs, including overtime. Later you religiously held status meetings, took action [...]

Whether you are applying for a new position, a promotion, or just ran into a senior executive on the elevator, can you describe what you do in just three words? While this may seem to be totally unfair because, as you quickly point out, what you do encompasses so much more. After all, you manage [...]

Organize all those userids and passwords Thought I’d pass along some great tools that I use that will help you stay organized and focused. Most of these tips will be for free software that you can simply download. After a while keeping track of all of those websites that you’re using, bank accounts, credit card [...]

What could be better than to start our conversations than with some project management axioms that have been around for years? This list below is liberally borrowed from Tony Collins’s IT Projects Blog. At the end of the list is a link to Tony’s original blog. My favorite is probably number eight. How many times [...]