Writing...My Critical Path to Sanity

30 Day Troubled project Fix Day 14: Use Mentors

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Use mentors! Mentors are a great way to get a fresh perspective on problem or issues that you may be having with your project(s). Throughout my life I have had many mentors—having some even thrust upon me when I [...]

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Gratitude vis-à-vis Influence

06.24.2010 Grateful

I am grateful Dan put a shotgun into his mouth and pulled the trigger—utterly outraged to this day for his courage and the shortsightedness towards the jewels of life, understanding now the slippery black slick on which his childhood was founded—technically not spiritually—he did smile constantly, like Don and I, talking about everything but what [...]

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TI99-4A: The Genesis of A Career

06.23.2010 The Memoir Project

“You Got to Put Your Past In Your Behind” – Pumbaa Even though I was hitting puberty and should have been focused on the ladies, even though I dreamed of the new Tandy Model 2000 sitting dead center in the shopping mall Radio Shack, even though it came free with grandpas carpet installation and two [...]

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Turning My Iris

06.03.2010 Cool Projects

What struck me today… …with an obvious jab-right hook combo, was that my whole reason for starting to blog was not to stand on the shoulders of problogger giants, with their “better blogging” e-books tips-for only 29.95, but to really put out intimate writings about subjects that moved me—project management being one of them. Roped [...]

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What’s That Smell? Early Warnings of Agile Project Issues – Webinar

06.02.2010 Misc. PM

I saw this and thought I would share: Agile methods break many of the controls we commonly use on our traditional projects. In addition, they use completely different metrics for tracking project progress and health. In an agile environment, how do you know if your project is running well? This 60-minute teleseminar will introduce you [...]

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Daily Content Daily Writing

06.01.2010 Challenges

My writing focus has taken toll on my daily blog entries. While I continue to remain passionate about the subject and practice of project management – all it’s pains and prides - my intent to provide more effective and quality content has led me down a slightly, but equally compulsive, path of writing thrills. I [...]

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Passing of Rita Mulcahy

05.21.2010 Misc. PM

Rita Mulcahy, Founder of RMC Project Management and the best-selling project management author of all-time, passed away on Saturday, May 15th 2010, from complications related to a five-year battle with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). She was 50. Rita leaves behind husband Tim Mulcahy, current Vice-President and Chief Legal Counsel for RMC, and two children, ages [...]

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Where Did I Go

05.19.2010 Misc. PM

Readers, sometimes we burn out a little with life and need to refresh and come back stronger and well rested. I am returning from a great mini vacation of hotel beds and pools. Now that the chlorine smell has disapated, I'm getting my troubled projects back in line (similar the drinks I consumed while gone). [...]

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