Directly Responsible Individual and the Power of Cloud Apps
I am a true believer in the efficiency of project management and team collaboration web apps. I often say that the efficient gain is not incremental but transformational. Clarizen is one of those. Some key elements of the article below: In the business...
Success of optimistic team
I fully agree. An optimistic team is better, and even more important an optimistic leader is to achieve excellence! The Optimistic Team for Project Management Success By Jorge Valdés Garciatorres, PMP on March 12, 2012 11:34 AM...
On qualities
Every quality, taken to extremes, becomes a weakness. -Paulo Coelho
10 Things Winners Do Differently
I think “high performance” requires the same mindset, in sports, music, or project management. So this is one article that is useful for leadership 10 Things Winners Do Differently
The importance of implementation.
Indeed, strategies are unless without an excellent implementation plan. Why do strategies if we are not going to successfully implement? Often we put way too much important in strategy that we forget that mastering implementation is just as important. I guess it is...
Nice video on Workfront
For efficiency, I think it is always important to use the best tools possible to manage a project. In my mind, using a project management web app is a must. The benefits are so great that the improvements are not arithmetic, not geometric, but transformational....
VersionOne – Agile Made Easier
Many of the project management application are based on either a waterfall approach to planning or on an extended form of To DO list. Here is an interesting web application that I will try: VersionOne. Here is a product overview from their website. Product Overview...
Quote of the day
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ~ Confucius
Leadership and Humility
Here is an interesting article called Six Ways to Be the Project Leader that Doesn’t Suck. I do believe the team is important and sometimes we exaggerate the importance of the leader. It is the collective skills of the team that makes it happen. And it is important...
Dashboard
Dashboard is a popular topic, a popular quest. It is a concept everybody is trying to realize, yet it seems difficult to achieve. What should be on a dashboard? Should it be status updates? Should it be the strategic view? I am one that think web project management...
Presentation
The goal of a presentation to a meeting, a group, executives, board, etc. is to communication key information in order to move the activities to the next steps. But too often, presentation are prepared differently. It’s as if the goal was to create a Keynote...
Project management and strategic plan
I often find that we talk too much about strategy. Yes you read that correctly. It probably sounds surprising. Why do I say that? Yes, it is important to have a strategy. I am a chess player and in chess you must have a strategy to play a good...
Critical Success Factors Scrum and Lean Management
MindMeister is an interesting and powerful web app for Mind Mapping. Here is a public Mind Map titled: Critical Success Factors Scrum and Lean Management Take a look Related Site: MindMeister Previous post on MindMeister Podcast 378: Mind Meister with Michael Hollauf...
When you are too stressed at work
Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. ~ Frank Arduini
GroupMap
For those interested in brainstorming, I discovered this new web app that is still in beta. It is called GroupMap. Their website describes the app like this: Real time, collaborative brainstorming with a twist. GroupMap shows you what the group is thinking by...
Test someone’s character
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”—Abraham Lincoln
6 Most Overrated Management Concepts
I love this article. It lists these 6 concepts as highly overrated management concepts Consensus Customer Focus Brainstorming Rightsizing Human Resources Leadership And I would agree with its contents. Often we forget that success requires the will to act and work...
Quote of the day
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac
I love my Mac for its productivity. But if you are like me and like to play with various system, what do you do? Having multiple computers at home is not that much fun. So I like flexibility… I have tried different options. For me, Parallels Desktop 7 is...
Email: Make it structured, social and actionable in Podio
This is a nice idea. I have a Podio account and am curious to try this new feature. I definitely have move out of managing stuff by email in the last years of my life. I much prefer online project management and team collaboration apps. It provide a much better...
An Example of Project Management Gone Bad
I think it is very important to have social discussion with your team, and be connected. This is the same thing that I commented in the article on managing by walking around. Unfortunately, too many times, we describe successful project management as processes,...
8 Top Tips to Consider When Managing Risks in Your Projects
Interesting article on Risk Management that was published PMHut.com. Note that article has been removed from PMHut since the publication of this article. You can read more from Cora Systems on their blog. What is the key tip that I like the most? Monitor risk as its...GetResponse
