There is a great deal written on the subject of building teams including, building [tag-tec]project teams[/tag-tec], however one thing that is very notable about this process is it is of a very personal nature. Two people that might build a project team or the same exact project might very likely to do it differently just as every person is different every [tag-dir]project team[/tag-dir] that they build will be different.
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Leveraging Your Strengths When Building Your Project Team
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
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Getting Good At Task Estimating
December 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
[tag-tec]Task estimating[/tag-tec] is a critical skill for [tag-dir]project managers[/tag-dir] and [tag-dir]project teams[/tag-dir]. We cannot manage what we cannot estimate. However, realistically, it is very difficult to be able to estimate every possible task accurately.
Tags: Project Management Process
Nurture Unseen Relationships
October 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Most good managers in project and program management know the importance of maintaining relationships with team members and stakeholders. Basic human relations can go a long way in improving overall program and project quality. However, I have learned that there is a community beyond our immediate team members and stakeholders that are worth considering in everything we do.
Tags: Soft Skills
Is It Enough to Earn the PMP Certification?
October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Many people think that earning the PMP certification is enough to accelerate their career to new heights. Well, the PMP certification is certainly a challenging credential to earn, and it is widely sought after. But, is it enough to earn the PMP certification?
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Reinvent Your Project When Building Your Team?!
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
We need to consider how clear the objective of the project scope is when we build our project teams. For an extremely well defined project of relatively short duration, and well-defined deliverables, this could be fairly easy. However, for a project that is less defined, which may involve some significant shifts of some sort over the […]
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Three Ways To Invent The Future
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments
As a program or project manager, one must keep an eye on both the near term and long term. Today, under tough economic conditions, we typically turn to more near-term thinking because the focus needs to be first on survival before considering future plans. We need to be careful however to not take this near-term thinking too […]
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Learning Management Systems Facilitate Efficient Team Management
August 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Corporate need for stream-lined, large-scale training has prompted many organizations to look to learning management systems (LMSs) and virtual teams. Virtual teams can aid companies in discovering, recruiting, and training talent.
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The Menund’r'm Conundrum and Project Leadership
August 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
What is Project Leadership all about? What constitutes leadership, and how can we measure it? Why is it important to us? These are some questions that arise for me when I think about what I call the “Menund’r'm Conundrum”.
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Game Changing Ideas
May 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
I love basketball and I enjoy each March here on the United States when March Madness and NCAA basketball tournament arrives. In watching the games this past weekend, I could not help but be amazed at the number of game changing plays made by the players. In many of the games, it was a matter of how many game changing plays each team made. And the one that made more won. But the fact of the matter is that, these teams are full of game changers and made every game changing play they could. What can we learn from this for project management?
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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?





