Trusted Advisor Associates has an interesting post today about trust titled “Bad Marketing 101: Trust Me!” I thought the article was worth linking to. An excerpt from the article is below. Why does saying “trust me†accomplish the opposite? Because it violates social norms, and because it is self-contradictory. More importantly, “trusted advisor†is something [...]
Interesting application of the Theory of Constraints
December 29, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Mark Lefcowitz has written an interesting article that has been posted on ZDNet UK titled "How to fix IT skill shortages and misalignments" and also on TechRepublic as "How to fix IT skill shortages and misalignments". The article describes the application of the Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC) to fixing the IT skill shortage. Mark [...]
Alignment of Projects and Strategy
December 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Just finished reading an interesting article by Dragan Milosevic and Sabin Srivannaboon in the August 2006 edition of PMI’s PM Journal titled "A Theoretical Framework for Aligning Project Management with Business Strategy" (#1). Srivannaboon also had a similar article published in the December 2006 edition of the PM Journal titled "Linking Project Management with Business [...]
Project Management Glossary
December 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Just ran across this great Project Management Glossary maintained by Dave Wagner over at the MBA FAQ website. It has short succinct definitions of the most used terminology and is a good starting point for people new to the PM world. Thanks for posting the glossary Dave. [tags] Project Management, Glossary, MBA FAQ [/tags]
Three Questions every New Leader Should Ask
December 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Just finished my morning read of some of my favorite blogs and wanted to bring Don Blohowiak’s post from yesterday to everyone’s attention. The post, titled “New Chief” discusses what every new leader must think about when taking on a new role. Don gives three questions that a new leader should ask of their new [...]
