Archive for October, 2010

A Glimpse Into the Future of Project Management
By Dave Nielsen
Events of the last decade have changed the face of project management and as the environment in which projects find themselves in changes; project management will have to change to keep pace. Project managers who are able to accurately forecast demands for change and alter their [...]

HEI Reports Slightly Lower Third Quarter Earnings — Higher Bank Earnings Help
MarketWatch (press release)
Accordingly, bank management believes that these costs were temporarily elevated while the performance improvement project was being executed.
HEI Reports Slightly Lower Third Quarter Earnings – Higher Bank Earnings Help TheStreet.com

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Whether you’re stuck attempting to get past that problem in your Six Sigma project or just exp

A business proposal differs from a business plan in that its primary purpose is to secure a loan, not act as a plan for an internal management team. Introduction While an internal business plan tends to focus on potential profits, a proposal should instead assure executives, potential lenders or venture capitalists that the project has the potentia…

If you’re building a PMO and have a 3 year plan – drop it now! It probably will not work. If you’ve got portfolio management scheduled for introduction in January look out. If you’re two years into your PMO build and can’t figure out why you have no traction and support is slipping, then I may just have the answer. Or I might not, but here are some thoughts.

As you’ve guessed by the article title I am going to suggest that we steal a technique from the software development industry. While I am not an agile expert by any means, there are some very successful practices that you can employ while building and growing your PMO. For you Agile gurus out there, I am about to butcher the technique so you may want to look away. Here are some of the tenets of an Agile methodology that we can adopt.

Cottage Grove City Council candidates guide: Tanweer ‘TJ’ Janjua
South Washington County Bulletin
My background in architecture, planning and project management, with 13 years of experience, uniquely qualifies me to use these special skill sets
Cottage Grove City Council candidates guide: David ThiedeSouth Washington County Bulletin

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Project Management Made Social with the Release of the New Wrike
RedOrbit
The new Wrike Social unites the most popular and useful project management features, such as Gantt charts and reports, with the usability, productivity and

In project and program management, just as in other professions, a great leader needs to have a mix of attributes.

Telstra will axe 950 executive and middle-management jobs in corporate offices around Australia in a bid to cut costs and reduce bureaucracy, the company announced yesterday.

TELSTRA Corporation Ltd will cull 950 executive and middle-management jobs under a company-wide program to create a simpler business model.

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