By Marian Haus, PMP
Trust is defined as a “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone or something.”
Isn’t that what we all want in our professional and private lives?
Imagine a project with little or no trust between the project manager, team me…
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By Christian Bisson, PMP, PSM
The Agile methodology is quickly becoming the standard for IT projects. More specifically, most organizations are using the Scrum framework to bring their software development to the next level.
But it’s implementation often remains a challen…
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By Ramiro Rodrigues
Is risk management just an exercise in paranoia?
That’s the question I’m often asked. I like to respond by saying there are both negative and positive risks.
A risk is a situation in which it cannot be certain whether a spe…
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by Dave Wakeman
In today’s project environment, it can be difficult for project managers to know where they should—or shouldn’t—focus their time and energy. Stakeholders, team members, and sponsors, all with their own agendas, pull project managers in different directi…
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by Wanda Curlee
Imagine this: You’re walking in San Francisco, California, USA, when you spot an out-of-control trolley car headed toward a group of five people working on the track. You yell for them to get out of the way, but they don’t hear or see you. You’re standing next to…
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by Cyndee Miller
Project leaders aren’t exactly known as rebels.
And Luke Williams pulled no punches on why that needs to change, calling out project and program managers as frequent barriers to anything beyond incremental change. Too often, he said, they stick to established systems.
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by Cyndee Miller
Disruption isn’t just change on steroids. It signals a fundamental shift in an organization’s DNA and how it sees itself—like say, when Australia’s largest telecom Telstra set out to become a world-class tech company.
It was a bold move—that was f…
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by Cyndee Miller
That digital disruption all the experts and thought leaders have been hyping for what seems like decades? It’s here.
For real.
I know, I know, dear readers. You’ve heard it before. From me. And I’m sure many of you would be content to never hear …
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by Cyndee Miller
Talk all you want about the “critical elements to business success.” What people—including me—really want to hear about is failure. We want the spectacular flameout. And we want all the gory details. Some of this is just human nature. But it’s more t…
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A great emphasis is often placed on the selection of a project manager. Much has been written about the need for training, credentials, experience and ability to engage with stakeholders as the keys to a successful project.
But, I have not seen a similar level of attention paid to the s…
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