The Plan is Nothing but Planning is Everything
A mentor of mine once attributed this quote to General George Patton. I don’t know for sure if Patton said […]
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Leadership
How do you know you have Management Support?
Yesterday I said that “as the Program Manager it is your responsibility to make sure your team has what they
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Resource Poaching 101
Have you ever been the program manager on a job where you planned everything down to the smallest detail; you
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Think Like a Leader
In my examples this week, I’ve been writing about ways to convince those with the power to embrace some good
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The Only Thing that is Constant is Change
A second complaint from my students (see yesterday’s post) is: “Management adds requirements to my project without asking me if
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New Class, Same Story
I’m in the middle of teaching my Software Requirements Engineering course at UCSC Extension. On the first day of class,
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Haikus from Cisco
UCSC Extension did an onsite class in Creative Thinking at Cisco last month. I thought you might resonate with the results. And
General versus Project Management
I’ve been asked by many beginning project management students about the difference between general and project management. My simple answer
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The Nature of Project Leadership
Welcome on a metaphorical exploration of project leadership philosophy and practices. I am fortunate to live on 20 acres in
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Understand it
The simplest way to gain cultural acceptance of project management in any organization is by promoting thorough understanding. Business leaders
Advocate Till They Get it
Advocate Advocating project management in any organization requires engagement and commitment from the key stakeholders with the most clout and
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