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By Randall Englund / February 18, 2008

Three people took a break from the project startup meeting and went for a walk. Stubbing a toe upon something […]

By Jim Sloane / February 13, 2008

If you think you might be changing jobs any time soon, (hello Yahoo!, Applied Materials and Nektar Therapeutics),

By Ed Gaeta / February 7, 2008

Recently I looked at my calendar and caught myself saying “Sweeeet only 4 hours of meetings today”. That’s when I

By Ed Gaeta / February 6, 2008

A mentor of mine once attributed this quote to General George Patton. I don’t know for sure if Patton said

By Ed Gaeta / February 4, 2008

Have you ever been the program manager on a job where you planned everything down to the smallest detail; you

By Anita Wotiz / February 4, 2008

In my examples this week, I’ve been writing about ways to convince those with the power to embrace some good

By Anita Wotiz / February 1, 2008

I just loved the latest grievance from my students (see Monday/Tuesday/Thursday posts). When being given more work than schedule to

By Anita Wotiz / January 31, 2008

One more complaint from my students (see Monday/Tuesday posts) is: “I’m given other jobs, in addition to my coding, and

By Anita Wotiz / January 29, 2008

A second complaint from my students (see yesterday’s post) is: “Management adds requirements to my project without asking me if

By Anita Wotiz / January 28, 2008

I’m in the middle of teaching my Software Requirements Engineering course at UCSC Extension. On the first day of class,

By Alan Tsuda / January 22, 2008

I’ve been asked by many beginning project management students about the difference between general and project management. My simple answer