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There are fundamentally two types of organizations: functional and projectized. Of course, between those there are various combinations of functional and projectized in the form of matrix and hybrid.
Every organization type has its own advantages and disadvantages, but from the project point of v…
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This post resonated with me in particular as I am either coaching or directly involved with my three Kids’ baseball, softball, and basketball teams. I try and focus on teaching the the concepts of teamwork, communication, strategy and organization, and self-discipline. All qualities that are highly desirable in the work environment and very often not easily achieved.
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by Dave Wakeman
I’ve been doing some reading on leadership. I don’t know exactly what brought the topic to mind, but I think it’s a combination of coaching my 9-year-old son’s soccer team and seeing institutions struggle to get people to take responsibility for their actio…
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From Voices on Project Management:
By Ramiro Rodrigues
Recently, an acquaintance pointed out to me that the projects environment is susceptible to chaos. In his view, all it takes is a lack of effective leadership. If leaders aren’t constantly focused on solving the problems that occur in an environment of resistan…
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From Voices on Project Management:
by Christian Bisson, PMP, PSPO, PSM
In agile, users are everything. So it only makes sense that users—anyone who will use or interact with your product—should be a team’s main focus. In order for the product to be viable, whatever is produced must bring them value.
But it&rsq…
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Risk is everywhere. Crossing the street. Changing lanes. Joining a pickup basketball game. Digging in the yard. Some risk we take for granted—most drivers observe the red light, so we go ahead and cross the street; after all, we want to get to the other side.
On projects, risk gets more com…
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Risk is everywhere. Crossing the street. Changing lanes. Joining a pickup basketball game. Digging in the yard. Some risk we take for granted—most drivers observe the red light, so we go ahead and cross the street; after all, we want to get to the other side.
On projects, risk gets more com…
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From Voices on Project Management:
by Kevin Korterud
Once upon a time, projects were just projects. They were simple, had small teams and quite often finished on time. Projects were viewed as a path to operational improvements that reduce manual labor and free up people for other tasks.
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From Voices on Project Management:
By Lynda Bourne
After more than 40 years in project management, project controls and project governance, I’ve learned that every successful organization has its own unique culture and structure. Nothing works “out of the box.”
Each organization needs to identify the aspec…
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From Voices on Project Management:
For those of us in the project management community, agile is a familiar term. But despite its prominence, it’s often misunderstood.
All too often, teams and organizations focus on the wrong things or are misinformed. And eventually, agile takes the blame.
Here are six co…
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From Voices on Project Management:
By David Wakeman
I’ve got a hypothesis I want to drop on you: Being a project manager is a lot like being a juggler.
Many of you may be scratching your heads, asking the question: “What is Dave thinking?”
Hear me out. I’ve got three examples to support my…
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