Hello friends of PM for the Masses! As a result of the feedback I got from you regarding my last website layout, I decided to start fresh. Apparently the previous theme was a bit too…
Peter Taylor is known in the project management world as the “Lazy Project Manager.” His book of the same title offers great insights on productivity, and challenges the notion that putting in the long hours…
After Mariana followed up with me after my last post, I decided to elaborate more on how to stay productive while managing all the information that we are bombarded with every day. Be it email…
Here’s a recent post on Remontech’s blog on how to create a great project schedule. Check it out! http://www.remontech.com/10-things-you-must-do-to-create-a-great-project-schedule/
Anybody who knows me knows my excitement over a little product called Evernote. They have just passed the 10 million-user mark and they keep growing, so I’m definitely not alone. My sister Mariana Abeid-McDougall spent the…
If you have ever done an online search on how to get started in project management, you certainly have bumped into content written by our guest Josh Nankivel, BSc PM, PMP. I have certainly enjoyed…
Margaret Meloni just posted this great little tidbit on wasting time. If you have a minute, check it out. I think we all worry that we are wasting our time. We worry we’re wasting our…
I really recommend you check out the project management community on LinkedIn. There are great discussions there and it is a great place to meet other project managers and exchange ideas. It was in that…
It is no secret that many project managers start their careers as a promotion from a technical position. The IT world is full of Project Managers who were programmers, for example. It’s not a surprise…
On our second interview in our series, Pam Stanton shares with us how she got started in Project Management. She also gives us great tips on how to start a career in Project Management, how…
Here is an interview with Cornelius Fichtner, PMP. Cornelius shares with us how he became a Project Manager, and his best tips to implement Project Management ideas in your small business and in your personal…
From Cornelius Fichtner: Every five to seven years, the Project Management Institute (PMI) performs a Role Delineation Study to determine authority (“the role”), responsibilities & duties of project managers today. The findings are then used…