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August 2008

Top Project Management Postings: August 2008

Currently I am tracking 97 blogs related to “Project Management”. Last month I found the following postings highly remarkable and interesting…
This month Kimberly Wiefling, author of “Scrappy Project Management“, wrote a great series about leadership and project management. I highly recommend every single entry… BUT I just have to highlight two as they really struck [...]

Create Resilience In Your Process By Following The Sun

Speed is one of the great enablers of resilience. If you can get feedback fast into your process, you can absorb changes like a vacuum cleaner.
Fast feedback enables resilience.

Photography by fdecomite.
By making use of multiple timezones, you can extend the duration of a “working day”. More can be done in a day. And if you [...]

You Can’t Create A Plan From Emails (But Wrike Can)

What do you do when everybody is using “the wrong tools”? Are you going to convince everyone to do it “your way”? Or are you going to tap into the existing information stream and improve the existing stream?
As the words in “Paradise By The Dashboard Lights“:
“What is it gonna be, boy?”

Andrew Filev, the [...]

How To Promote Yourself As A Project Manager

Craig Brown and I are conversing on project management, and in particular professional development. The conversations is across both our blogs.
Dear Craig,
This time I have to explain why I am blogging and why I am yelling “Projects are about humans. Deal with that!” It is the only way I can answer your question in [...]

When You Are Looking For Project Management Software

Looking for the right project management software can be a pain. It is really important that you define upfront the goals you are trying to achieve with the introduction of the new software. If you have no budget available, you might want to check out my list of free Project Management software.

Photography by TheBusyBrain.
If you [...]

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