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The Art of Project Management

Have you ever watched a PM be successful without an apparent methodology? Is this an example of good project management or lucky project management? Continue reading

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Asking the right questions

I have been looking on LinkedIn a lot lately and trying to answer some of the questions raised in discussions. I found it hard to give a useful suggestion most of the time because the question was not asked with enough context.

Asking questions is a skill. For a consultant, PM or a business analyst, it’s a critical skill. Continue reading

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Mergers, successful transition

I’ve worked on four successive credit union mergers and each time we developed looser success criteria. The reason we did this is integration and success on mergers is complicated and we found the tighter you tried to control it, the less successful we became.
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Project Management blogs

Hi, all. This week is a short post. I often go looking for other people’s PM blogs to get inspiration for mine, some specialist information, or some insight into what people are talking about in project management. Continue reading

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Informal Communication, the one key project tool

The value of communication for the project manager goes beyond the communication plan. It is the one key success tool for any PM. Continue reading

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Communication plans and actions

Can you have too much communication? The usual answer is no. But, I’ll put a caveat on that answer. No, you can’t have too much of the right communication. Yes, it’s easy to have too much of the wrong communication. Continue reading

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Project Management Tools

Are you looking for a tool that can express your project schedule in a way that you can understand and manage, or do you need to communicate the critical path to people who aren’t trained to read a Gantt chart? Continue reading

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Dirty little project management secret

Project Managers sometime fly by the seat of their pants. Okay, now it’s out in the open. Some PMs do this all the time. They like the rollercoaster ride, they love the heroics and they see creativity in the pressures … Continue reading

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Does it matter what project methodology you use?

Really methodology is the process of moving from start to finish in a project. The right methodology helps you to communicate where you are in your project, what is coming, what needs to be dealt with, and what is going really well. Continue reading

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Communication – why is it so hard?

I’ve been looking around at blogs for inspiration for today’s post. It seems like communication is the topic of choice for bloggers. It is complex, even though it sounds simple. How hard is it to be clear, paraphrase for clarity, follow up, listen… and all the other tips people have out there. Continue reading

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