PM Tips and Techniques
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2008
May 2008
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Transparent Project Management: Giving your customers what they really want
By Myroslava Symonenko, Dimitry Korolkov and Oleg V. Fonarov (PDF file 114 K) -
Managing Your Company’s SAS 70 Audit
By Amanda Finch (PDF file 149 K) -
Recognition: Key to success
By Germán Bernate (PDF file 91 K)
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Spring Cleaning Your Work and Your Life
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP® (PDF file 95 K) -
Making International Project Kick-off Meetings Work
By Sue Freedman, Ph.D. and Lothar Katz (PDF file 118 K) -
How to address the “Gray Areas”! Tough Questions for Leaders
By Jerry Manas (PDF file 146 K)
April 2008
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Project Initiation – It is only a start, or is it?
By Azra Duric (PDF file 197 K) -
Business-IT Alignment and Organizational Maturity: A Program Management Approach for Continuous Improvement
By Alexandre Rodrigues, CEng. Ph.D. Prof. PMP (PDF file 95 K) -
Cutting Costs the Smart Way: Per - Project Profitability!
By Curt Finch (PDF file 98 K) -
Here’s the Beef! Let Project Management Boost the Bottom-Line
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP® (PDF file 88 K)
March 2008
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Meetings and Meeting Sickness! How to Improve the Productivity of Your Project Team
By Germán Bernate (PDF file 106 K)
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Mission-critical: Why the Kick-off is the Most Important Meeting in the Life of Your International Project
By J. Sue Freedman and Lothar Katz (PDF file 103 K) -
Motivating Managers
By J. Ajith Kumar (PDF file 86 K) -
Maximizing Project Investment: Why Achieving Project Delivery Excellence is Not Enough!
By Andrea Nicholas (PDF file 95 K) -
Personal Recovery: Using Project Management to Survive Personal Disaster
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP® (PDF file 89 K) -
The Project Leader’s Credibility! How to improve this critical project management success factor!
By Alfonso Bucero (PDF file 97 K)
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How to Choose a Datacenter
By Scott Whitney (PDF file 113 K)
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How to Drive a Software Product Based Business using Project Management Techniques
By Laurence Nicholson (PDF file 131 K) -
The To Do List: The Essence of every project management endeavour, With an application in daily life!
By Azra Duric (PDF file 137 K) -
The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 7 – Best Practice Sloth
By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP (PDF file 84 K) -
What is Not a Project? A primer for embracing project-based work
By Randall L. Englund (PDF file 339 K) -
The Power of One
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP® (PDF file 99 K)
January 2008
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Are you ready to advance your organization’s e-discovery capabilities?
By Cheryl L. Strait (PDF file 133 K) Winning Project Team Support: Establishing Trusting Relationships Across Borders
By Sue Freedman and Lothar Katz (PDF file 122 K)-
How PM Companies and Consultancies Can Reduce Cash Float
By Curt Finch, Journyx CEO (PDF file 83 K) -
The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 6 – Over-allocation of Resources
By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP (PDF file 79 K) -
How to Make Your Team Dysfunctional
By Avnett Mathur (PDF file 96 K)
2007
December 2007
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Are you ready to advance your organization’s e-discovery capabilities?
By Cheryl L. Strait (PDF file 133 K) -
Purchasing Project Management Software: How to Appraise References
Knowing the Real from the Fake When It Counts
By Curt Finch, CEO Journyx (PDF file 85 K) -
10 Ways to Inspire Your Team
By Michelle LaBrosse (PDF file 148 K) -
The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 5 – Personalization
By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP (PDF file 76 K) -
Sharing and Collaboration – Enable your team,
while holding them accountable.
By Anders Heie (PDF file 84 K) -
"Juggling School" for Project Managers: Seven Reasons
to Overhaul Your Project Management System
By Rudolf Melik (PDF file 89 K)
November 2007
- Why Don’t Big Visions Translate into Big Outcomes?
The Answer Is in the Code!
By John Foppe (PDF file 101 K) - Growing your Small Business with Project Management
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP (PDF file 112 K) - Are your Project Files ready for an e-Discovery?
By Cheryl L. Strait (PDF file 89 K) - The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 4 – Project Lust
By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP (PDF file 80 K)
October 2007
- Moving from Technical Specialist (Programmer) to Software Project Manager
By Venkat Madireddy (PDF file 140 K) - How to Start a Project Management Company Without an IT Professional
By Curt Finch (PDF file 141 K) - Buying Time: How to Put More Hours in Every Day
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP (PDF file 149 K) - The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 3 – Resource Gluttony
By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP (PDF file 140 K)
September 2007
- Project Management – Top Ten Tips for Success
By Claudia Bacca (PDF file 137 K) - The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 2 - Project Envy
By Tim Bergmann (PDF file 141 K) - Monitor Means Control
By J. Ajith Kumar (PDF file 149 K) - 10 Ways Project Management Skills Can Help Your Career
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP (PDF file 170 K) - People Management in Projects
By David Brojt (PDF file 145 K)
August 2007
- Improve Project Success with Better Scope Management By Avneet Mathur
- The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 1 - Elitism By Tim Bergmann
- Virtual Teaming Soft Skills Relevant to all Projects By Brian Irwin
- Managing Team Fireworks By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP
July 2007
- Enhancing Project Performance and Productivity – Addressing it in Project Management and Beyond By Suresh Malladi
June 2007
- How to improve Project Sponsorship (English | Spanish) By Alfonso Bucero
- Cross the Digital Divide and Get Where You’re Going Faster By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP
- An Introduction to Requirements Management By Laurence Nicholson
- An Eye for Value: What the Business Analyst Brings to the Agile Team Kathleen B. Haas, PMP
May 2007
- Why Employees Hate to Track Their Time - and What You Can Do About It By Curt Finch
- What it Takes to be a Better Project Manager – Going Beyond Project Management! By Suresh Malladi
- The First Quarter’s Over! Do You Know Where Your Goals Are? By Michelle LaBrosse
- Project Management – Addressing the Human Bottleneck By Donald A. Pillittere
- The Blending of Traditional and Agile Project Management Kathleen B. Haas, PMP
April 2007
- Project Management - Art or Skill By Fumiko Kondo
- Fostering Project Communication - Is about Planning, Process and People! By Suresh Malladi
- Why Executives Should Care About Project Goverence, What Your Peers Are Doing About It By Darshana Patel, PMP
March 2007
- Key Performance Indicators for Consultancies: How to Use Per-Project Labor Cost Data
to Analyze KPIs for Your Consulting Company By Curt Finch - Client - Contractor Relations: How Changing from “Master – Slave” to a “Master – Master”
Relationship can Lead to More Successful Project Delivery By J. Ajith Kumar
February 2007
- What Everyone Needs to Know About SOA: Diving Into “The Next Big Thing” While Reusing Legacy Software By Curt Finch
- Positioning PRINCE2™ in an Unforgiving Business World By Dayo Sowunmi
- The Winning Team & Project Success By Harvey A. Levine
- Assessing Bid Viability for the Organization Accounting for Risk By Dan Patterson
- Meeting Efficiently Can Save You a Month Every Year By Hannon Brett
January 2007
- Overcoming Cultural Obstacles to Managing Risk By Daniel Galorath
- Management by MOM - The Importance of Meetings in a Digital World and of Minutes of Meetings! By J. Ajith Kumar
- Sunk Costs Don’t Matter By Harvey A. Levine
- Scheduling Tips Managing Delays and Accelerations By Robert Posener
2006
- Risk Management Success Factors By Daniel Galorath
- Project Management in the UK By Miles Shepherd
- 2006 - A Big Year! By Robert Posener
- Critical Characteristics to Demand from your Timesheet Vendor by Curt Finch
- Project Risk Analysis & Prioritization by Daniel Galorath
- 5 Steps to Effective Business Meetings
2005
- A Project Management Primer by Nick Jenkins
- Role & Responsibility Charting (RACI) by Michael Smith, James Erwin and Sandra Diaferio