Category: Project Management
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Strategic Errors
I am currently working on (many things) a strategic planning workshop and came across this article on strategic errors. They are quite funny, tragic and amazing. The first thought is, how could you make a mistake this big. But, in the moment it probably made sense. Enjoy – read the article here.
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Your hourly rate
I do an exercise with my project management participants which gets them to calculate what their hourly rate should be if they start working for themselves to achieve the sort of total income they would like to have. It serves two purposes. One, it allows me to see what spreadsheet skills they have and two,…
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Productivity assessment
I work on and in a large number of projects during any year. According to the assessment that I just took I am a Planner and I am good at planning and organising. You to can take the test at the following webpage – click here. You do need to give them your email address…
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Project Management Approaches
While training participants in project management I often get the question. So what is the difference between the various methodologies (different approaches). Here is a good explanation of the difference between Agile and traditional PM. Agile versus Traditional Project Management from Matt-Henderson Here is a good explanation (one of many) for the differences between PMBOK…
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Project management rap
A student of mine sent me this recently. A great, simple song that explains project management. Can’t see the video – click here
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Dayboard
I am a big fan of Google Chrome – that is Googles browser, if you haven’t heard of it. It is simple and easy to use and you can add in lots of useful gadgets. A new one, which still has a lot of work to go is the Dayboard. When installed and you…
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Advice is ………just advice.
As we move into a quieter (business) time of the year I start thinking about next year and what I can do and do better. Maybe one thing I could do better is not do that at all. Lots of advice and books and articles that I have read during the year provide a million…
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On time
Project management is apart of every trainers job. A series of session is a project. Carrying out a TNA is a project. Designing and developing a program is a project. Developing an elearning system is a project. So here is an article with a very good tip on project management. Here is another tip.…
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Private Social Network Tool
Here is a neat app that can be used for training and educational purposes a well as for teams, project teams and any other situation where you want to use all of the functionality of a social network without the issues of it beginning totally social. I have been playing with this with some mates…
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Get on a project management course this year
I have written previously about the importance of good project management for all trainers and educators and I hope that this post helps. My first training group for the year started this week, back into a Certificate IV in Project Management, and hopefully some of them will also read this post. Mistakes in projects are…