Archive for April, 2008
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Jargon, Jargon Everywhere…
Posted on April 30, 2008 | 2 CommentsRaven over at Raven’s Brain posted a great piece on business jargon a while back. Business Jargon gives me the screaming heebeegeebees (spell that on a bar bet sometime). I think it’s one of the greatest enemies of any project manager, leader or consultant. It’s our... -
PM Tools You Can Use: Excel Gantt Charts
Posted on April 28, 2008 | No CommentsThe folks over at Lifehacker posted a new Excel Gantt Chart template a while back. For those without formal project management software or that don’t want to bother with it, or that want to construct a simplified Gantt chart for distribution, or any number of other... -
UF Postings Past: Politics of the Back Room and How to Cope
Posted on April 27, 2008 | No CommentsEveryone out there in the business world is overly familiar with meetings. You probably have several per week, if not several per day. We hold meetings, in theory, to communicate and to make decisions as a group. I’m here to tell you that that’s often...