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By Cyndee Miller
Talk about ending with a bang. On top of the amazing Ted Talks (read about those here), PMI closed out Global Conference unveiling its ranking of the 50 most influential projects of the past 50 years.
Thousands of projects were considered, but only 50 were chosen: the ico…
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I’m a city person—no ifs, ands or buts. I may have been stuck in the suburbs growing up, but I literally packed up and moved out the day I got a part-time job. I’m not alone, of course. The U.N. predicts 68 percent of the world’s population is expected to …
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By Cyndee Miller
I’m a city person—no ifs, ands or buts. I may have been stuck in the suburbs growing up, but I literally packed up and moved out the day I got a part-time job. I’m not alone, of course. The U.N. predicts 68 percent of the world’s population is expected to …
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by Cyndee Miller
Pretty much every pundit out there has a theory about the future of work—and how things will actually get done. For a while, it was all about the gig economy. Now perhaps I’m horribly biased, but I’m way more intrigued by The Project Economy: execs structuring t…
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by Cyndee Miller
It’s one thing to deal with disruption. But it’s a whole other to disrupt yourself—and put your self-proclaimed cash cow on the line.
With its new E190-E2 line, Brazilian aviation giant Embraer didn’t just design, develop and deliver a family of next-ge…
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It’s one thing to deal with disruption. But it’s a whole other to disrupt yourself—and put your self-proclaimed cash cow on the line.
With its new E190-E2 line, Brazilian aviation giant Embraer didn’t just design, develop and deliver a family of next-ge…
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From Voices on Project Management:
By Cyndee Miller
“Don’t bring me problems. Bring me solutions.”
This seriously ranks as one of the world’s worst management dictates. And finally—to my eternal appreciation—someone is calling out all those folks who have uttered the phrase.
“If peop…
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I think we have all experienced how an organizational culture directly influences knowledge management within the project context. Yazici indicates that an organization’s investment in project management methodology as well as constantly assessing their cultural orientation and adjusting as necessary can lead to greater employee satisfaction. Yazici’s study indicated, “that organizational culture has a significant influence on project performance and the long-term success of organizations” (Yazici, 2009). Achieving cultural success through these methods may help address the exodus of employees that Jen Skrabak describes in the accompanying blog post…
by Jen Skrabak, PfMP, PMP Most people leave organizational cultures, not managers. Organizational culture is defined as the collective behaviors, thoughts, norms and language of the people in the organization that signifies the “way of working.” It represents the overall support system and res…
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Yazici, H. J. (2009). The Role of Project Management Maturity and Organizational Culture in Perceived Performance. Project Management Journal, 40(3), 14–33. doi: 10.1002/pmj.20121
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by Jen Skrabak, PfMP, PMP Most people leave organizational cultures, not managers. Organizational culture is defined as the collective behaviors, thoughts, norms and language of the people in the organization that signifies the “way of working.” It represents the overall support system and res…
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A major renovation project at Denver International Airport is sending out Mayday signals, with cost overruns that could exceed $350 million and delays measured in years. It’s déjà vu all over again.
I once did a story on an infamous project debacle—a complex baggag…
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