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2010

March

• Bridging the Gap Between Agile & Project Management
  by Curt Finch
• Managing Projects in a Crisis: Every project manager can learn something from emergency situations
  By Chris Cattaway
• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of Saying “No”
  by Jeff Oltmann
• The Hidden Costs and Dangers of the Shortcut
  (English) or (Spanish) by Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
• Optimism, Pessimism, Realism & Risk
  By Dr David Hillson
  
• You, Inc.: 22 Ways You Can Show Your Value in Today’s Cutthroat Corporate World
  by Blaine Loomer

February

• The SC Addiction!
  By James Brown
• Universal Laws of Risk Management
  By David Hillson
• What’s Your Tagline?
  (English) or (Spanish)
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP
• A steep learning curve… How Operationally Oriented Organisations can become more Project Oriented
  By John Lugg
• Backpacker’s Guide to Lightweight Project Management
  By Jeff Oltmann

January

• How to be Ready for the Recovery!
  By Curt Finch
• How to “Greenlight” Projects Based on Corporate Strategy
  By Vijay Desai
• Parma and Project Management!
  (English) or (Spanish)
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP
• How to Leverage Value from your PMO
  By Ian McDougall
• The Social Project Team: Using Social Collaboration & Networking to Enhance Project Success
  By Dr. Karen McGraw
• Work Breakdown Structure
  What It’s for and How to Use It
  By Mark Wilfer

2009

• The PMO Continuum!
  By Mounir Ajam
• Project Closure! Knowing When to Say “Stop”!
  By Jeremy Katz
• What’s in Your Backpack?
  (English) or (Spanish)
  By Michelle LaBrosse
• How to Get Things Done
  By Jeff Oltmann
• Productive Laziness and the Open Door Policy
  By Peter Taylor
• The 5 Golden Rules of Project Management
  By Jason Westland

November

• Deal or no deal?
  How to ensure your major transactions deliver benefits
  By Saleem Ahmad
• Scrum methodology: 7 common mistakes
  By Pavan Kumar Gorakavi
• RISK DOCTOR BRIEFING
  When will we ever learn?
  By Dr. David Hillson
• The Power of Choice
  English or Spanish
  By Michelle LaBrosse
• Building Acceptance for the Healthcare PMO
  By Monique Marlow
• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of Saying “No”
  Part 4 of 6: Keeping Your Portfolio Balanced
  By Jeff Oltmann

October

• What Mismanaging Small Projects Will Cost You
  By Curt Finch
• Build your Project using Rational Unified Process
  By Pavan Kumar Gorakavi
• The “Connection” Key: Seven Ways the World’s Most Successful Businesspeople Trounce the Competition - and How You Can, Too
  By Maribeth Kuzmeski
• Benchmarking SRO’s attitudes: the quandary of the SRO
  By Paul Mansell
• Four Steps to Conquer Lousy Project Meetings
  By Jeff Oltmann
• The Value Of Lessons Learned: The Art Of Good Project Closure
  By Peter Taylor
  

September

• IT Project Governance: A Model to Share
  By David Brojt (English) or (Spanish)

• What is your Biggest Risk
  By Dr David Hillson, The Risk Doctor

• Risks in Projects: A Synopsis of the Risk
  Assessment/Management Journey
  By Glenn R. Koller, PhD

• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of Saying “No”
  By Jeff Oltmann

August

• Prioritising Risks as Simply as Possible
  By Dr David Hillson, The Risk Doctor

• Winning the Project Relay Race
  By Michael Szwarc
  
• The Guide to (Ordinary) Greatness:
  Fifteen Simple, Everyday Habits to Help You Create a Life of Success
  By Pam Bilbrey
  
• The Top 6 Things to Consider When Choosing a PPM Solution
  By Curt Finch, CEO, Journyx Inc.
  
• Managing projects virtually - four conditions to succeed
  By Liliana Buchtik, PMP
  
• Beyond Conventional Stakeholder Management
  Developing PRIME Intelligence © on complex programmes
  By Dom Moorhouse
  
• Sense of Urgency – The Missing “Project” Link
  By Donald A. Pillittere

July

• Mentoring! Developing the next generation of
  PPM leaders
  By Keith Clark, Moorhouse Consulting, UK

• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of
  Saying “No”
  By Jeff Oltmann, PMP

• Project Management: Your Key to Self-Sufficiency
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Founder & Chief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning
• The 4Ps of Project Management – The PMPs
  By Donald A. Pillittere
• The Art of Productive Laziness
  By Peter Taylor
• Risks in Projects: The Road to Success!
  By Glenn R. Koller, PhD
  

June

• Buying a Home: An Example of Project Management
  By Quang Ton, PMP

• Maintaining Resources in a Project – From
  Threat to Opportunity
  By Michael Szwarc

• Spring Cleaning for Your Soul
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Founder & Chief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning

• Emotional Intelligence! Key Differentiator
  for Successful Project Managers
  By Marge Combe

• Improving Project Success Rates with
  Better Leadership
  By Dr. Karen McGraw
  Founder & Chief Knowledge
  Officer Cognitive Technologies

• Programme Manager in Chief - Lessons
  in Managing Complex Change from
  the Obama Campaign
  By Greg Vukasovic
  Principal, Moorhouse Consulting

May

• Client Management in IT projects
  By Alessandro Bolloni, PMP

• How to Avoid Being Seen as 'Project
  Management Overhead'
  By Curt Finch, CEO of Journyx

• Risks in Projects: Edicts and The Letter and
  Spirit of Risk Process Implementation
  (Part 8 in a Series)
  By Glenn R. Koller, PhD

• Who’s Shaking Your Snow Globe?
  To read entire paper (English) or (Spanish)
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

April

• Transforming the Culture with your PMO and OPM3
  By John Schlichter

• Are Your Projects Shovel Ready?
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®,
  Founder & Chief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• Project Portfolio Management – The Art of Saying “No”
  By Jeff Oltmann , PMP

• The New Face of Strategic Planning:
  Bridging it with Project Management is the Key to Success
  By Bruce McGraw, CEO, Cognitive Technologies

March

• Basic Guidelines for Commissioning Scheduling
  of Public Buildings
  By Florin Gheorghiu, PMP

• We Didn’t Do a Good Project Schedule
  By Lonnie Pacelli

• How to Successfully Execute IT Projects
  By Curt Finch, CEO, Journyx
  and Bruce McGraw, CEO, Cognitive Technologies

• When Passion Meets Recession
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®,
  Founder & Chief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

February

• How Green is Your Software Solution?
  By Curt Finch CEO of Journyx, Inc.

• Procrastination – Detection and Avoidance
  By Michael O’Brochta, PMP
  President, Zozer Inc.

• Stakeholder Commitment: Why is it Important?
  By Wilf Voge (Originally for ExecutiveBrief)

• Risks in Projects: More Impediments to
  Risk Management Implementation and Attendant Solutions
  (Part 7 in a Series)
  By Glenn R. Koller, PhD

• Taking Stock with Lessons Learned
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

January

• Are You Spending Too Much Time on Project Administration?
  By James T. Brown, PhD

• Cutting Costs with a Scalpel, Not a Chainsaw
  By Curt Finch CEO of Journyx, Inc.

• Risk Management and a Return to the Roots
  (Part 6 in a Series)
  By Glenn R. Koller, PhD

• Drive a Tight Agenda! Don’t Let It Drive You!
  Excerpted from The Truth about Getting Your Point Across…
  and Nothing But the Truth
  By Lonnie Pacelli

• Managing and Leading Technical Teams in IT Projects:
  Aligning Your Flock to Project Objectives
  (Part 3 in a Series)
  By Melvyn Lee

• Management by Fear: Does It Really Work?
  By Wilf Voge, for ExecutiveBrief

2008

December

• The Board in a Crisis Economy
  By Barbara Ettorre
  The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.

• Project Management to the Rescue: No Bailout Necessary
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• This Project Needs a Leader - Now!
  By Jeff Oltmann

• How to Overcome Shiny Objects and Other Distractions
  By Lonnie Pacelli

• Looking in the Business Mirror - What Kind of Team
  Member are You?
  By Donald A. Pillittere

• Reaching the Peak of CMMI: How Fast Can You Climb?
  By Henry Schneider, for ExecutiveBrief

• The Unique Value of a Matrix Projects Manager
  By Michael Szwarc
  

November

• Risk in Projects - Impact of Risks on Perceived Project Value
  (Part 5 in a series)
  By Glenn R. Koller

• Project Management & Volunteerism:
  Pick a Non-Profit and Watch Yourself Grow
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• From Planning to Execution: A Crucial Step
  By Curt Finch CEO of Journyx, Inc.

• The Post Mortem You Never Want
  How to Determine Findings from a Troubled Project
  By Bob Prieto Senior Vice President, Fluor

• Execute Or Be Executed
  By Lonnie Pacelli

• Applying Little's Law to Agile Project Management
  By Tathagat Varma, PMP

• The Communication Key of Program Management
  By Ashwin Amin, PMP

• Implement Your Strategy Successfully
  By Bill Birnbaum, CMC

• Managing and Leading Technical Teams in IT Projects:
  Knowing How to Fit Your Flock with The Rest
  (Part 2 in a Series)
  By Melvyn Lee, PMP
  

October

• Risk in Projects - Metrics!
  (Part 4 in a series)
  By Glenn R. Koller

• Powering Past the Post-PMP® Syndrome
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• Ten Tips to Make Change Work for You
  By Jeff Oltmann

• How can the Project Manager seize
  the Web2.0 movement to be a PM2.0
  By Kumar Sarma, PMP

• Testing Phase of Software Project - Much More than Testing
  By Michael Szwarc

September

• 7 Keys for Sustaining Project Excellence
  By Douglas R. Gaspardo, PMP
  Senior Consultant, Kepner-Tregoe, Inc

• Checklist for The Preparation of Road Projects
  By Getachew Teklemariam Alemu

• In Pursuit of the Elusive Benefit Why Most Change Projects
  Fail to Achieve Results, and What to Do About It
  By Nigel Hughes

• Managing and Leading Technical Teams in IT Projects:
  Knowing Your Flock! (Part 1 in a series)
  By Melvyn Lee

• Overcoming the Hurdles to Effective Delegation
  By Bob McGannon, PMP

• Risk in Projects Communication! (Part 3 in a series)
  By Glenn R. Koller

• Top Five Ways to Keep Project Passion Alive
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• The Role of Project Management in Established and New Venture Organisations
  By Laurence Nicholson, ACQI, FPMA

• Thirteen Tips to Effective Upward Management
  By Lonnie Pacelli

August

• Project Management: It is all about the execution
  By Avinoam Nowogrodski

• Agile - Software Project Management - Scrum methods
  By T.D. Jainendrakumar

• Information Security: what Project Managers should know
  and do about Insider Threat
  By Kumar Sarma, PMP

• The Technical Support Project: How to Create a Winning Team, Part 3
  By Randy Miller

• Value Delivery Management
  By Jed Simms

• Risk in Projects It?fs About Changing Behaviors (Part 2 in a series)
  By Glenn R. Koller

• Declare your Independence from Chaos
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

July

• Making Lessons Learned a Worthwhile Investment
  By Melvyn Lee, PMP

• The Technical Support Project: How to Create a Winning Team, Part 2
  By Randy Miller

• Avoiding the Top Five Traps of Technical Project Management
  By Bob McGannon, PMP

• Project Management Office
  By Thomas B. Clark, Ph.D

• Think, Dream and Do!
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• It?fs About Changing Behaviors (Part 1 in a series)
  By Glenn R. Koller

June

• How to Improve Project Sponsorship
  By Alfonso Bucero, DEA, PMP
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• The Technical Support Project: How to Create a Winning Team, Part 1
  By Randy Miller

• Business in a Knapsack - Can you run your projects when you?fre on the run?
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• Risk Management ?| Need it or Want it?
  By Avneet Mathur

May

• Transparent Project Management: Giving your customers
  what they really want
  By Myroslava Symonenko, Dimitry Korolkov
  and Oleg V. Fonarov

• Managing Your Company?fs SAS 70 Audit
  By Amanda Finch

• Recognition: Key to success
  By Germa?Ln Bernate
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• Spring Cleaning Your Work and Your Life
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• Making International Project Kick-off Meetings Work
  By Sue Freedman, Ph.D. and Lothar Katz

• How to address the ?gGray Areas?h! Tough Questions for Leaders
  By Jerry Manas

April

• Project Initiation ?| It is only a start, or is it?
  By Azra Duric

• Business-IT Alignment and Organizational Maturity:
  A Program Management Approach for Continuous Improvement
  By Alexandre Rodrigues, CEng. Ph.D. Prof. PMP

• Cutting Costs the Smart Way: Per - Project Profitability!
  By Curt Finch

• Here?fs the Beef! Let Project Management Boost the Bottom-Line
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

March

• Meetings and Meeting Sickness! How to Improve the Productivity
  of Your Project Team
  By Germán Bernate
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• 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

• Motivating Managers
  By J. Ajith Kumar

• Maximizing Project Investment: Why Achieving Project Delivery Excellence
  is Not Enough!
  By Andrea Nicholas

• Personal Recovery: Using Project Management to Survive Personal Disaster
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

• The Project Leader?fs Credibility! How to improve this critical project
  management success factor!
  By Alfonso Bucero
  Read complete paper in English | Spanish

• How to Choose a Datacenter
  By Scott Whitney

February

• How to Drive a Software Product Based Business using
  Project Management Techniques
  By Laurence Nicholson

• The To Do List: The Essence of every project management
  endeavour, With an application in daily life!
  By Azra Duric

• The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 7 ?| Best Practice Sloth
  By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP

• What is Not a Project? A primer for embracing project-based work
  By Randall L. Englund

• The Power of One
  By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP®

January

• Are you ready to advance your organization’s e-discovery capabilities?
  By Cheryl L. Strait

• Winning Project Team Support: Establishing Trusting Relationships
  Across Borders
  By Sue Freedman and Lothar Katz

• How PM Companies and Consultancies Can Reduce Cash Float
  By Curt Finch, Journyx CEO

• The Seven Deadly Project Sins: Part 6 – Over-allocation of Resources
  By Tim Bergmann, PMP, ABCP

• How to Make Your Team Dysfunctional
  By Avnett Mathur

2007

December

• 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

• Why Don?ft 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Enhancing Project Performance and Productivity –
  Addressing it in Project Management and Beyond
  By Suresh Malladi

June

• How to improve Project Sponsorship (English | Spanish)
  By Alfonso Bucero
• Cross the Digital Divide and Get Where You?fre 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

• 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?fs 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

• 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

• 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 - Slav" to a "Master-| Master"
  Relationship can Lead to More Successful Project Delivery By J. Ajith Kumar

February

• What Everyone Needs to Know About SOA: Diving Into
  "The Next Big Thing" While Reusing Legacy Software
  By Curt Finch
• Positioning PRINCE2(TM) 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

• 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?ft 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

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