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BPM Summary post 6-13 June 2011

Jun 14th, 2011 by TaskMap

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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 meeting. This is an example of where relinquishing control to others in the team, will help YOUgain more control of the outcome. Many projects [...]

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The Angry Workplace: How Anger can hurt and help us in today’s workplace

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 [...]

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Introducing SOX-Expert TaskMap Edition

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 [...]

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Inhibitors to implementing and improving Project Management

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 [...]

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Connecting the Connections: Social Networking for Small Businesses

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 [...]

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The Elephant in the Room for Small Business

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 [...]

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