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Fri, Nov 20, 2009 15:04 EST
11 Things Every New Project Manager Ought to Know
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Posted by: Josh Nankivel in Questions Topic: IT Organization Management
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What I wish I had known when I moved from a technical role into project management! Don't act like you know it all When you're new to a role, it's natural to
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How project managers can deal with fixed price contracts
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Posted by: Jim Vaughan in Best Practices Topic: IT Organization ManagementBlog: The IT Project Management Blog
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Being an independent consultant I have come to like the fixed price contract. For most of my work I fly solo. Occasionally I will hire a trusted friend to assist me if I need a specific skill or
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Five Parallels Between Golf and IT Projects
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Posted by: psimon88 in Best Practices Topic: IT Organization Management
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On my recent trip to Las Vegas, I was able to play a few amazing courses, including the TPC. As is standard these days, I played very poorly. I mean awful. On the way home, I was tired, hurt,
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Project Managers Need to Understand Queuing Theory
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Posted by: Jim Vaughan in Best Practices Topic: IT Organization ManagementBlog: The IT Project Management Blog
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I was at the store the other day to pick up a few items. I found what I wanted and walked to the front checkout counters. There I found a long line of people waiting to be checked out. I had spent a
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What do project managers value?
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Posted by: Jim Vaughan in Best Practices Topic: IT Organization ManagementBlog: The IT Project Management Blog
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Most project managers and project management organizations tend to shy away from the use of earned value management. If you study PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge you will find that one
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Measuring Project Health to Avoid Failure
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Posted by: bcrowell in Best Practices Topic: Enterprise Management
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I think any CIO would agree that one of our greatest fears is the probability that we'll oversee one of the vast majority of projects that fail, estimated at around 70%. This means we've
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Successful Project Management Requires Holding People Accountable
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Posted by: Jim Vaughan in Best Practices Topic: IT Organization ManagementBlog: The IT Project Management Blog
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In my last blog I talked about the ineptness of organizations to hold people to account. I fear that this is fast becoming a lost art. Successful project are accomplished through a series of
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