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February 16, 2009 – Going Covert, Part 5

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NOTE: On January 12, Computerworld published an article I wrote entitled Covert PMO. This series of entries is a fictional account based on the Project Manager in that article. Any resemblance to anyone from my past, present or future is purely coincidental. To start at the beginning, jump to January 1, 2009 – Going Covert, Part 1.Day 21, Wednesday – Finally, a piece of good news: the

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

February 1, 2009 – Going Covert, Part 4

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:58:17 +0000

NOTE: On January 12, Computerworld published an article I wrote entitled Covert PMO. This series of entries is a fictional account based on the Project Manager in that article. Any resemblance to anyone from my past, present or future is purely coincidental. To start at the beginning, jump to January 1, 2009 – Going Covert, Part 1.Day 16, Friday – Wow! It’s Friday already. Payday is always nice.

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

January 19, 2009 – Going Covert, Part 3

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:58:17 +0000

NOTE: On January 12, Computerworld published an article I wrote entitled Covert PMO. This series of entries is a fictional account based on the Project Manager in that article. Any resemblance to anyone from my past, present or future is purely coincidental. To start at the beginning, jump to January 1, 2009 – Going Covert, Part 1.Day 14, Wednesday – Had lunch today with a couple of other Project

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

January 1, 2009 – Going Covert, Part 1

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Day 1 – It should have been an easy operation: go in, implement the update and get out. But it was anything but easy. It led to the Incident. Years from now I’m sure the Resource remaining with the Company may laugh about it, but this week the PMO was hit hard. The Head was chopped…gone. They pulled rank, brought her a box to go with the termination speech and brought in a Yes Man.It may have

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

December 15, 2008 - Killing False Confidence

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You leave for your flight well ahead of schedule. Traffic is light and you arrive, unhurried, at the airport. Strolling up to the counter you secretly laugh at the frantic people running toward the crowded ticket line or scanning the flickering departure screens in panic. Being the saint that you are, you even let a mother with a screaming child ahead of you in line, silently praying they are not

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

November 26, 2008 – Watery Lessons

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I’m in the middle of a "working vacation." Those are the ones you use to catch up on all the pieces that have been dropped over the last several weeks…or months. This blog was supposed to be one of those things. I had one topic started, but ran the concept by the Computerworld Project Management Editor. She likes it, so I will be developing an article on it…which means I needed another

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

October 27, 2008 – Back to the Basic: Communication – How

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Once, in the midst of a long distance relationship I had the grand idea of sending a Western Union Telegram to my girlfriend. From my vast knowledge of telegrams, based solely on movies and TV, I knew that every time you put a period they say . I envisioned a hand delivered envelop with the words “Don’t loving me and I won’t loving you” on Western Union paper. I think they took my $20 and

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

October 13, 2008 – Back to the Basic: Communication – When

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Rarely do you hear a project sponsor say, “There is way too much communication going on here.” Unfortunately a common complaint is the lack of communication. True, the loudest complainers are often those that opted out of the weekly status meetings and never responded to your emails. You are left wondering when it is appropriate to connect with them.When to Speak Up. This weekend I was listening

Syndicated from the fine Project Management blog: Cutting’s Edge Project Management. Original article can be found here.

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