Using project management templates is a great way to improve project performance rapidly. In addition, implementing proven project management methodologies and processes can also improve performance and deliver better results. Here is a look at a couple of low cost possibilities that project managers can deploy rapidly.
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Leveraging “Out of the Box” Project Management Methodologies
May 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Project Leadership and Time Off
May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
As summer nears, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, thoughts of more time off and vacation occur for most of us. As project and program leaders, it is good, for a moment, to reflect and review our perspective on time off, especially in the current business environment.
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Help Non-Contributors To Contribute
May 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Depending on your environment, you may have some team members that seem like non-contributors, and in some ways actually get in the way. While I have never experienced this - or at least not for long - on the smaller more critical projects I have managed, I do see this on larger more matrix-oriented projects. The question is, “How can I handle this?”
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“ADMIN DAY”
May 9th, 2009 · No Comments
I have found the practice of having an “ADMIN DAY” is a great valuable and necessary one. But what is “ADMIN DAY”? How does it work and how does it provide value?
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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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Taking Advantage Of The Recession
May 4th, 2009 · No Comments
There is always something going on that we can “take advantage of”. When we are in school, we can take advantage of the opportunity to learn new things in a free thinking environment. When we are on vacation, we can take advantage of the opportunity to sit back, relax and have a good time. When the weekend comes, we can take advantage of the opportunity to get some extra things done around the house, or to see to some friends. Now, we find ourselves in a recession. So, the natural question is, “What can we do to take advantage of the recession?”
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Project Human Resources The Right Way
May 1st, 2009 · 2 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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Letting Things Unfold On Your Projects
April 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Some projects are very well defined but others are not. If there is an idea that has been handed down by many, formed into a project that simply needs to be implemented, you may have a well defined project. If, on the other hand, someone or some group has an idea and they simply created a project out of it, then you may have an extra amount of defining to do.
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Changing Directions For Rapid Results
April 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tough challenges demand detailed analysis and affective decision-making. However, almost always it takes time to turn around a bad situation. While we all know that it will take time for the worldwide economic turmoil to iron itself out, recent stock market surges demonstrate and the reaction of investors to those surges illustrate how mindsets can be changed almost overnight.
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Create Authority With An Authoritative Project Charter
April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Oftentimes, less experienced project managers and project teams wallow in uncertainty and lack of direction due to the lack of proper project management documentation. I have seen situations where there are lots of desperate sources of documentation but the specific project at hand is not well enough to find.





