Book: Leading Apple With Steve Jobs
Apple is now such a great icon of creativity, productivity and profitability. And all of that based on innovation, not useless banking tricks such as financial engineering. Steve Jobs had a different...
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I love knowledge, I love learning. I am a professional accountant, and as part of my mandatory professional development, I always prefer to take formal courses that lead to a formal diploma. But I...
View ArticleFailure on the path to success
Failure happens. Unfortunately. It is not fun. Nobody wants to celebrate failure. Nobody is proud of a failed project. That is easy to understand. And I do not wish to anybody to fail. That is...
View ArticleTime is precious. Manage it (part 2)!
To continue on the yesterday’s theme of time management, here is part 2 to Time is precious. Manage it! Here is a good article called Seven Essential Time Management Strategies, from Susanne Madsen....
View ArticleBook : The Lazy Project Manager
I love productivity. It always has been one of my quest, to perform work in the most efficient way. That is why I love computer tools, and learned some database programming. It was to save me and be...
View ArticleReading PMBOK
As part of my plan to obtain my PMP certification, I started reading the 5th edition of PMBOK a while ago. Finally, I have read all chapters and am now reading the annexes! I have been a bit delayed...
View ArticleGuest Post: Planning Project Human Resource Management
The PMBOK describes “Plan Human Resource Management” as the process of identifying and documenting project roles and responsibilities, determining the skills required to perform in those roles,...
View ArticleDefining project success
Question of the day Here is a question on project management that I read today. It immediately caught my attention. Do you understand what success looks like before starting, or do you get stuck...
View ArticleProjects and operations in project-based organizations
Projects and operations Project management is often viewed in opposition of operations. It is also important to know and understand projects and operations in the context of project-based...
View ArticlePMFlashBlog2 Project Management Around the World / Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,...
Welcome to the PMFLashBlog2 Project Management Around the World. Here is my contribution from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America. PMFlashBlog Round 1 Welcome to the PMFlashBlog, a Project...
View ArticleProject Management Video – How to Slay the Dragon of Work Chaos
Project Management Video Interesting project management video can be found on YouTube. Here is video in which AtTask discusses work chaos. Software development and test/QA teams are under tremendous...
View ArticleProject Leadership Coach – Discover Susanne Madsen
Project Leadership Project Managers often come from a technical background. And then project management methodologies make them focus on intellectual activities such as planning, tasks, milestones,...
View ArticlePeople in Project Management
People in project management Did you forget about people? Project management can easily only be defined as an activity performed to achieved an objective: a new product, a new service, a research, a...
View Articlewinning support for your project
Beyond the project plan Here’s an interesting question. After all, even if you are an expert on the subject of your project and have developed a very good and comprehensive plan, you may still hit...
View Article7 tips to prepare for an interview
7 tips to prepare for an interview The job search project Searching for a job is always an interesting journey. It is rare that we are an expert in the job search process. while it is true that we...
View ArticleProject Management Video – The Expert
This is an excellent project management video. The video is presenting an important problem that happens unfortunately too often. Key mistakes that can destroy a project Bad leadership from...
View Article7 tips on professional development
A year of intense professional development I just completed a review of my activities completed in the past year. I am happy and proud of the results. I have done a lot in 12 months. I must say it...
View ArticleBecome the leader you are looking for
Life lesson Many years ago, before I met my wonderful wife, I was dumped by a great girl I thought for sure I’d marry one day. I had been dumped before, but this time had been different. I asked...
View Articlerequirements for project manager position
Working as a project manager We like to read and learn on project management. But what does it take to be hired as a project manager? That is an interesting question. You can find opinions from...
View ArticleAn introduction to project risk management – managing uncertainties
Discover project risk management When someone is learning project management, the initial focus is usually put on successfully delivering the product or services included in the scope. The mind of...
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