Welcome to my project management site
Announcements
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The Wideman Education Foundation ("WEF" 2007) is a registered charity tax-exempt status under the Canadian
Federal Government Income
Tax Act. WEF offers a win-win opportunity for donors and sponsors with a simple value proposition:
• Project competitions that introduce high school students to basic
project management skills and experience
• Identification of enthusiastic students capable of teamwork and team leadership that
benefit both family and community
• Planting the seeds of
a future project-ready workforce for companies in need of talent
"Great oaks from little acorns grow"
Find out more HERE
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The Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms version 4.2 is available for sale.
See What's New in Version 4.2.
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A Management Framework for Project,
Program and Portfolio Integration? (ISBN
1-4120-2786-1, 260 pp, 2004) expands on my original
well-known book A
FRAMEWORK for Project and Program Management INTEGRATION published by the
Project Management Institute in
1991. Find out more HERE and order
your copy HERE.
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Project management tip of the month
The planned objective principle: You can waste a lot of time producing a good plan for the wrong objective.
New information added monthly
December 2008 - In our Guest paper, Thomas B. Clark provides detailed listings of the Requirements of the Project Management Office, including Concept, Purposes, Responsibilities and Solution. In Papers we review Bennet P. Lientz & Lee Larssen's book: Risk Management for IT Projects: How to Deal with Over 150 Issues and Risks in IT projects. This is a useful reference for identifying, tracking and handling those risks that most closely match your own particular situation. Our Musings reports briefly how a Study Demonstrates Cultural Differences, its affect on the way we communicate and how North Americans may be at a disadvantage in multicultural teams.
November 2008 - For our Paper this month, we review Dhanu M. Kothari's book Rainbows & Ratholes. An unusual title perhaps, but it is really about Best Practices for Managing Successful Projects. An ever popular and open question, our Guest Greta Blash, Senior Instructor for International Institute for Learning, joins us in providing good advice on practitioners' Project Management Career Path. In Musings we exchange Emails with Diane Johnson, speaking on behalf of ESI International, on the Top Ten Trends in Project Management for 2008.
October 2008 - Our Guests, co-authors Bob McMurray and Steve Chamberlin emphasize Prioritization and Scheduling Based on Value for projects in a portfolio. And Guest, Ron Leduc provides a valuable but fictitious economic development case study: Wellington County Recreational Complex. For our Musings we recount Peter Halas's amusing body-management allegory to explain Corporate Governance and Project Teamwork in IT projects and how they can quickly get out of control.
Are you in charge of a project portfolio management office? Do you really know what reports are required by whom? Three new Issacons this month fill important gaps in our understanding of project portfolio management:
1004c7 Ongoing PPM Reporting - Pt A (What reports are needed by the different management stakeholders);
1004c8 Ongoing PPM Reporting - Pt B (What reports are needed by the PPMO in the PPM system); and
1004c9 Project Portfolio Management: Managing Strategic Risk.
Helpful information for people in a hurry
It is not for me to tell you how to run your project
— that's
your decision. Nor am I trying to teach you about
project management
— there are plenty of excellent books and courses
to do that.
You see, any fool can make things complicated, my goal is to keep
it simple! Go to the site map
to see all
site content listed by subject area.
The site map lists extensive information on project management.
To find what you are looking for, use the Search
My Site link on
the left of each page to reach the Google search panel.
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Issacons stands for Issues and Considerations and are sets of
slides providing summary information responding to a specific
question associated
with a particular project management topic.
Designed to save hours of searching when all you want is
a simple checklist, they provide the reader with succinct
information. Issacons are
more detailed than a plain bulleted list.
To view slides as text, click the "A" button on
the right side of the slides.
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A free-on-web comparative glossary (version 3.1) designed to show how many common terms mean different
things to different people, thereby leaving you free to create your own distinct version for your particular project.
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Points of view from other contributors.
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Papers and Book Reviews: Thought provoking and valuable insights into project management. Books I
have written.
Hence, more successful projects
and more of them that are successful. |
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My thoughts on various incidental project management topics. |
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