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Posted in Change Management, Project Management, Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2011
Someone recently made me ponder the difference was between being undefeatable and undefeated. Few of us go through, I could say none of us, go through life undefeated. We lose a battle, mess something up, come second in a two team game. It happens. Observers smarter than me, and all historians and psychologists I know [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jun 29th, 2011
Time keeps on ticking …ticking, ticking … into the future. A line from a Steve Miller song in the seventies. We look at time many different ways in our lives, quality time, down time, time management. There often seems like there is either not enough of it, or it’s poorly allocated. When we don’t have [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jun 28th, 2011
A friend of mine has a business right now that has some challenges. He has most of the revenue stream tied up with one customer and their partners. Things are not going well, and changes have to be made due to quality and contractual problems with one of the key suppliers. These challenges often face [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jun 27th, 2011
At some time in your project the time will come when you have to defend your position or decision on issues. The same thing happens in every project I am involved with, in fact if no one ever questions your decisions or position on issues, there may be something very wrong with the project. That’s [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jun 24th, 2011
Using process maps as a replacement for electronic documentation Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Jun 23rd, 2011 Producing process maps in electronic format can save a lot of time and money. The example below, “How to Buy and Sell on eBay” shows some of those benefits. How to buy and sell on eBay: [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Jun 23rd, 2011
Producing process maps in electronic format can save a lot of time and money. The example below, “How to Buy and Sell on eBay” shows some of those benefits. How to buy and sell on eBay: Background to this process map The "How to buy and sell on Ebay" TaskMap was created to show how [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jun 22nd, 2011
Sometimes things just get out of hand. Often it just a series of mishaps or new and unexpected deadlines; at other times it appears that evil forces are at hand in the workplace. If you get really unlucky, some personal issues will add themselves in to the mix, a broken car, accident at home, or [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jun 21st, 2011
Obama technology Czar leaves government for Harvard fellowship Posted in Project Management, Uncategorized on Jun 20th, 2011 Article first published as Obama IT Czar leaves D.C. for Harvard on Technorati. Will his successor follow his ambitious 25 point plan? After two and half years on the job, Vivek Kundra has resigned as Chief Information [...]
Posted in Project Management, Uncategorized on Jun 20th, 2011
Article first published as Obama IT Czar leaves D.C. for Harvard on Technorati. Will his successor follow his ambitious 25 point plan? After two and half years on the job, Vivek Kundra has resigned as Chief Information Officer of the United States government. No reasons were given, but the Harvard fellowship must have been attractive [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jun 17th, 2011
I recently wrote an article for Technorati on the use of Social Networking for business applications. Since then I have had some discussions about the use of social networking platforms for Project Management applications; this spurned some more thought about how we are using them today and how this may trend in the future. I [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jun 16th, 2011
First my apologies to any Vancouver ice hockey fans this morning. Although I would not call myself an ice hockey fan in any way, I do live near Boston and the Bruins won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 39 years last night. The Boston Bruins celebrate their first Stanley Cup victory in [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jun 15th, 2011
Facilitation is one of the more complex, soft skills essential for project managers. It is not easy to document what makes a good facilitator, as there are many varied aspects to this skill. The definition of the word describes it as “the ability to make something easier to do or understand” in fact to simplify. [...]
Posted in Project Management, Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2011
See recent posts including our new SOX Expert TaskMap Edition announcement. Project Management by delegation Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2011 One way to ensure buy-in for the project is to transfer goals and responsibilities during the kick-off meeting. Make it clear who is responsible for each task and gain acceptance during the [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jun 13th, 2011
One way to ensure buy-in for the project is to transfer goals and responsibilities during the kick-off meeting. Make it clear who is responsible for each task and gain acceptance during the meeting. This is an example of where relinquishing control to others in the team, will help YOU gain more control of the outcome. Many [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jun 10th, 2011
Article first published as The Angry Workplace on Technorati. You may be shocked by this title; after all we are all taught that anger is a bad thing. Don’t get angry, don’t be mad with me, what did I do wrong? All are common responses to someone getting angry. Where it’s bad Some organizations use [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Project Management on Jun 9th, 2011
Harvard Computing Group Releases SOX Compliance Solution Linking Best Practices and SOX Process Maps After many months of development and testing, we are pleased to announce the release of our latest vertical solution for SOX compliance applications. Our partner SOX XPRESS, LLC, is a long time provider of SOX software and consulting. If you like [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jun 8th, 2011
Yesterday, I had a lengthy and enjoyable interview with Bob Yovovich who is working on PMI’s Executive Guide on Project Management for 2011. Not to steal his thunder, but he was fishing for what he felt was needed in organizations today to implement effective project management skills and activities. This got me thinking about the [...]
Posted in Change Management on Jun 7th, 2011
Article first published as Connecting the Connections: Social Networking for Small Businesses on Technorati. So you run a small business and are trying to figure the value of social networking. Everyone keeps talking about it, and it’s great to keep in contact with friends the kids, but does it make sense for my business? Well [...]
Posted in Change Management on Jun 6th, 2011
Article first published as The Elephant in the Room for Small Business on Technorati. Small business owners have a lot of things going for them. They get to multi-task, have a lot of variety in their workday; they get to be experts in marketing, sales, customer support, shipping … you see the pattern. So many [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jun 3rd, 2011
This weeks summary includes a number of interesting topics from time management to active listening. I hope you enjoy the tips and topics for the week. Free free to comment. In addition, I have recently been signed up as a writer for Technorati. Check out my first article there on Connecting the connections: Social Networking [...]
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