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  • Project Managers Seek Points of View through Collaboration to Gain Strength

    Project Managers Seek Points of View through Collaboration to Gain Strength

    In a challenging phase of your project? Not sure what scenario will play out? Feel the weight on your shoulders as project manager? Hold steady on the tiller. And, open up and collaborate, per Bernanke, to educate yourself and your team on the opposing points...

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  • Separation of Project Duties

    Separation of Project Duties

    The case is made for filling management roles with multiple resources. The first lesson is to recognize that these roles exist. The technical and project roles are filled routinely. Don’t forget the client relationship role and optimizing the customer experience – especially on IT projects....

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  • Project Managers Specialize in the Project Management Lifecycle

    Project Managers Specialize in the Project Management Lifecycle

    US News builds on a NYT article regarding Tim Geithner’s role as Treasury Secretary, which got me thinking about parallels to the project management space. … Should the project manager who started the project in the front-end load part of the lifecycle be the one...

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  • Brasil Perspective on Project Management

    Brasil Perspective on Project Management

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  • Swim with the Sharks

    Swim with the Sharks

    Oh no! Turn your project managers into gamers …

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  • Leverage Checklists for Success

    Leverage Checklists for Success

    Whether you are a project manager or surgeon, don’t hesitate to take advantage of the simple checklist to improve the quality of your actions. Recycle appropriate project lessons-learned into your checklist to keep it evergreen. … … “But a year after surgical teams at eight...

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  • Project Manager Creates Collaborative Relationship

    Project Manager Creates Collaborative Relationship

    Healthcare continues its information transformation and progressive project management practices can accelerate the change. In this case, the project manager collaborated with the target department to understand the business challenges and the process capability — creating the proper working relationship for a transformation journey. …...

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  • Time and Budget Targets for Projects

    Time and Budget Targets for Projects

    Survey of project managers in Ireland show a greater focus on achieving the enterprise objectives over emphasis on time and budget targets. … … “only a third of project managers feel that completing on time and on budget are critical to project success. Some 70pc...

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  • PM Goes Radical on Agile

    PM Goes Radical on Agile

    Project manager’s view on agile methods …

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  • Project Management Interview: Lessons from the Super Bowl, Continued

    Project Management Interview: Lessons from the Super Bowl, Continued

    A newly minted PMP interviews for the project manager position …

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