February 2012 Al’s Angle –Communications Channels Communications affects performance. Where have you heard that before?? We all know this to be true but yet we fail as Project Managers to effectively communicate to our team, stakeholders and to management. A successful PM typically have good communications skills that include being able to present the issues, [...]
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This month we are addressing project manager and team personalities. I found this article by R. Max Wideman, FPMI, AEW Services, Vancouver, BC, Canada. In his article he breaks down project managers into four types: The Explorer, Driver, Coordinator and finally the Administrator. “The Explorer – Explorer or entrepreneur type project leaders [...]
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The word risk brings fear to the hearts of Project Managers and to the general population. Risk brings to mind bad things and negative responses, especially when you discuss risk in the broad sense as an “enterprise” rather than as a project or assignment. While a project risk can affect just one component , enterprise [...]
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Everyone knows by now (especially if you have a PMP/CAPM) that the benefits of risk management in projects are huge. You can gain a lot of money and time if you deal with uncertain project events in a proactive manner. The result will be that you minimize the impact of project threats and seize the [...]
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This month we are addressing project Integration Management (IM), in my opinion the most important of the knowledge areas. First a quick review: Project Integration Management includes the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management function. This is the only [...]
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