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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Wideman PM Website updates announced for October 2008
Max Wideman has announced the latest updates to his popular project management website. According to the email from Max this month, here are the items that Max discusses or has added to his website this month.
Max’s Guests, co-authors Bob McMurray and Steve Chamberlin, emphasize Prioritization and Scheduling Based on Value for projects in a portfolio. And his Guest, Ron Leduc provides a valuable but fictitious economic development case study: Wellington County Recreational Complex.
In Musings Max recounts Peter Halas's amusing body-management allegory to explain Corporate Governance and Project Teamwork in IT projects and how they can quickly get out of control.
Are you in charge of a project portfolio management office? Do you really know what reports are required by whom?.
If you are looking for answers, guidelines or templates, check out Max’s Issacons - "Issues and Considerations" that are presented in bullet form for quick and easy reference by project managers.
Three new Issacons have been added this month to fill important gaps in our understanding of project portfolio management:
Have you seen Max’s book A Management Framework for Project, Program and Portfolio Integration? For information or to order a copy, visit http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/framework_book/intro.htm. Do you have a project management question? Find the answer at: http://www.maxwideman.com.
Max Wideman is one of the world’s best-known project management authorities. An engineer and professional project manager, his experience includes systems, social and environmental projects, as well as design and engineering projects. He is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute, of which he is past president and chairman and for which he led the development of the 1987 version of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. His personal web site at http://www.maxwideman.com is a source of superior project management knowledge and information. It is free to the public. Max Wideman is also a global advisor to PMForum and PM World Today; additional information about Max can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/advisors.htm.
In Musings Max recounts Peter Halas's amusing body-management allegory to explain Corporate Governance and Project Teamwork in IT projects and how they can quickly get out of control.
Are you in charge of a project portfolio management office? Do you really know what reports are required by whom?.
If you are looking for answers, guidelines or templates, check out Max’s Issacons - "Issues and Considerations" that are presented in bullet form for quick and easy reference by project managers.
Three new Issacons have been added this month to fill important gaps in our understanding of project portfolio management:
- 1004c7 - Ongoing PPM Reporting - Pt A: What reports are needed by the different management stakeholders;
- 1004c8 - Ongoing PPM Reporting - Pt B: What reports are needed by the PPMO in the PPM system; and
- 1004c9 - Project Portfolio Management: Managing Strategic Risk.
Have you seen Max’s book A Management Framework for Project, Program and Portfolio Integration? For information or to order a copy, visit http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/framework_book/intro.htm. Do you have a project management question? Find the answer at: http://www.maxwideman.com.
Max Wideman is one of the world’s best-known project management authorities. An engineer and professional project manager, his experience includes systems, social and environmental projects, as well as design and engineering projects. He is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute, of which he is past president and chairman and for which he led the development of the 1987 version of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. His personal web site at http://www.maxwideman.com is a source of superior project management knowledge and information. It is free to the public. Max Wideman is also a global advisor to PMForum and PM World Today; additional information about Max can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/advisors.htm.
