Posts Tagged ‘ Tools & Techniques ’

The Value of “Think Time”

Nov 4th, 2009 | By | Category: Items for Project Managers

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 [...]



Surprise! Your Project Plan Didn’t (Plan)

Aug 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Items for Project Managers

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 [...]



Organize all those userids and passwords

Jul 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Tips and Tricks for Everyone

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 [...]