Archive for the ‘Communication’ Category

PMing Out of Control

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

There are many, many volumes of facts, opinions, and worst of all, opinions presented as facts and facts presented as opinions out there regarding project management and how it should best be done.  The PMI's PMBOK (project management book of knowledge), for example, can be considered a godsend or a ...

Jargon, Jargon Everywhere…

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Raven 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 jobs to communicate better.  Adding ...

UF Postings Past: Politics of the Back Room and How to Cope

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Everyone 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 nonsense. The fact is, most successful ...

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