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 1 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 [...]
On Leadership
December 27, 2006 By 1 Comment
Survey shows value gained using PM Best Practices
December 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment
The Center for Business Practices (CBP) released their “State of Project Management 2006″ survey (view PDF version here) or go to this URL: http://www.pmsolutions.com/experts/research_smry06.pdf). The survey is worth taking some time to read. I think the results show that implementing PM Methodologies and PM offices provides value to an organization…although organizations should also ensure that [...]
Microsoft Vista DRM is Scary
December 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Just ran across a report on MS Vista’s DRM and content protection system by Peter Gutmann at the University of Auckland (read entire report here). What I read was pretty scary if it is true. The most troubling is that Vista supposedly disables technology on a computer to keep “premium content” (i.e., HD, Blue-ray, etc) [...]
The Critical Chain
December 26, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been reading Eliyahu Goldratt’s book Critical Chain and am quite intrigued with the application of Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC) to Project Management. The book has some excellent ideas for possible improvements to Project Management methodologies. I am currently about halfway through the book and am very interested in finishing. After starting the book, [...]
Rewarding Time “in Office”
December 13, 2006 By 1 Comment
Don Blohowiak has a new post on his “Leadership. Now.” blog titled “Endurance Reward” where he discusses the ‘old-timer, high salary’ issue within organizations. The main question of the article is: If you exclude assessments of merit and value from determining the worth of longevity, why pay a premium for tenure? I used to see [...]
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