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Creating Your Own Project Life Cycle - But Not From Scratch

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

I have used this. If you don’t want to have to start every project from scratch, then it’s worthwhile creating your own Project Life Cycle. I have found it especially useful - and impressive - in environments where there are a lot of technical people who have little project management orientation, and it has really made a difference. The best part is that it has helped me leverage my strengths - and to think through the project in an organized way.

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Tags: Project Management Templates

Stakeholders Are Like Shareholders

September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

In thinking about shareholder management or investor management, especially in today’s volatile environment, I see a big parallel with stakeholder management.  In essence stakeholders are the investors in our projects.  Stakeholders hold a “stake” in our projects.  Stakeholders, just like investors, have different levels of investment or interest in our projects.  We must think of […]

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Tags: Soft Skills

Project Human Resources The Right Way

May 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Human resources is an important function in all organizations and that includes the project organization. In these difficult economic times, the human resources’ function is being tested in organizations worldwide. How does that testing in this environment translate into the project team environment?

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Tags: Project Management Process

A First Look at MPMM & Method123 Project Management Methodology

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

MPMM – Method123 Project Management Methodology offers a very comprehensive suite of project management templates and more for implementing best practices – derived from PMBOK and PRINCE2 - within an organization.

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Tags: Project Management Templates