Archive for the ‘People Management’ Category
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Consultants. We've all either used them, been them, or both at one time or another. Companies love them and hate them. The pattern is usually something like this:
The company needs more manpower or expertise in some area
They have a brilliant idea: Hire consultants!
Consultants come in to help. Since the company ...
Posted in Hiring Practices, People Management, Process Management, Project Management, Resource Management | No Comments »
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
How many meetings do you hold or attend with more than a half-dozen people in them? How useful are those meetings? How many meetings do you attend where you never actually have any contribution to what's going on?
As a project manager, you fundamentally have only four resources to manage: Time, Money, ...
Posted in Communication, Operations Management, People Management, Project Management, Resource Management | 2 Comments »
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 ...
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