Be weird, but in a good way

Be weird, but in a good way

A recurring theme I find in my conversations with project managers and other professional people I meet at events, seminars, workshops or just casually, is…

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Be Agile with your emotions

Be Agile with your emotions

As Agile practitioners, our focus imainly on things like how to breakAs Agile practitioners, our focus is mainly on things like how to break chunks of work down to manageable pieces, optimize and guide the performance of the self-directed teams, etc…

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Was the use of Agile the cause of HealthCare.gov's mismanagement?

Was the use of Agile the cause of HealthCare.gov’s mismanagement?

More than anything, reading the detailsMore than anything, reading the details in the article suggests that Agile was definitely not used effectively (obviously from the results!) or properly. The front-end system design and deployment was done in a…

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The Future (Decline?) of the PMO? - PMICIE 10th Anniversary Celebration Topic!

The Future (Decline?) of the PMO? – PMICIE 10th Anniversary Celebration Topic!

  I will be speaking at the PMI Inland Empire chapter’s 10th anniversary celebration that will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the Magic…

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Econometric analysis for project risk management?

Econometric analysis for project risk management?

I’m reading an excellent book titled “Introductory Econometrics: Using Monte Carlo Simulation with Microsoft Excel” by Humberto Barreto and Frank Howland which is on the use…

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The SBOK?  Looks like anyone can create a PM standard these days!

The SBOK? Looks like anyone can create a PM standard these days!

Looks like a brand spanking new Scrum standard has hit the scene and it is titled A Guide to the SCRUM BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (SBOK). I usually keep up with this stuff, but I had heard nothing about this and the only official ScrumBOK I know of is a shor…

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