MAX'S MUSINGS
Some personal reflections on project management and what's new on Max Wideman's web site.
Friday, September 02, 2005
September 2005 What's New
ANNOUNCEMENTSTo all project management practitioners:
The result of a multi-year project management research initiative by Dr. Lynn Crawford of the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and her world-wide team has been released. The team is seeking your feedback, see http://www.maxwideman.com/ for details. The outcome could affect your future and the future of project management!
Special sympathies from Canada
Our sympathies go out to all those suffering in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina, especially Americans so quick to help others suffering natural disasters in a world so slow to help them in return.
September 2004 - In Musings we discuss the validity of Best Practices, how reliable are they really? In Papers we review Kendall & Rollins' book on Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO that provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, mainly for IS/IT projects. Our Guest this month is Brad Jackson who discusses the need for a new class of software that he calls Digital Group Memory (DGM) in his paper: Virtual Teams: Getting beyond Email
We've added more Issacons this month: 1004c3 Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO); 1004c4 PPMO responsibilities; and these job descriptions: 1276c Project Portfolio Office Executive; 1276d Program Management Office (PMO) Executive; 1276e Resource Portfolio Manager; 1280b Project Data Administrator; 1287b Project Management Tool Mentor; 1290c Methodology Specialist; 1290d Project Management Trainer; 1295 Help Desk Specialist. We've also updated 1003 Project Management Office; 1004a Program Office - Part A; 1004c2 Project Portfolio Management (PPM); 1276b Project Portfolio Manager;and 1287a Project Management Mentor
Recent Posts:
December 2005 What's New Monday, December 05, 2005
November 2005 What's New Wednesday, November 02, 2005
October 2005 What's New Wednesday, October 05, 2005
September 2005 What's New Friday, September 02, 2005
August 2005 What's New Monday, August 01, 2005
July 2005 What's New Sunday, July 03, 2005
May 2005 - Review of PMI's latest Guide to the PMBOK (2004) Monday, May 02, 2005
April 2005 What's New Thursday, April 07, 2005
ANNOUNCEMENT: The latest update of the Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms (version 4.0) is now available. Tuesday, March 01, 2005
February 2005 What's New Wednesday, February 02, 2005
