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 Officer of the United States government. No reasons were given, but the Harvard fellowship must have been attractive [...]
Social networking for project management?
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 [...]
The need for persistence
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 [...]
Facilitation-an important skill for Project and Process Management
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. [...]
