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Shared Resources: How To Not Drive Them Crazy?

There are many people who get bombarded with requests from all different angles many times throughout the day:   Database Admins System Ad…

Started by Josh NankivelLatest Reply

Social Enterprises: How much control should the Company have?

I've been tumbling over this question and need some help unraveling the knot. How much control should an organization have over communities…

Started by Deb GreenLatest Reply

PMBOK is not a project management methodology. Discuss.

I know I've heard it. Have you? When asked how their agency or organization manages projects, I sometimes get the response,  "We are a…

Started by Josh NankivelLatest Reply

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Why Project Managers Need to Learn to Code

On the heels of Josh's question on if project managers need to be technical comes a controversial posting from Coding Horror imploring peop…

Started by Bill Brantley

3 2 hours ago
Reply by Henry Brown

Should Project Managers Be Technical?

In government agencies even more than in the private sector, my unscientific observation is that we have a lot of project managers who don'…

Started by Josh Nankivel

16 8 hours ago
Reply by Josh Nankivel

Creativity, Innovation and Fear of the Unknown in Government Work

I just read this article by Amanda Enayati on CNN.com.  The article points out that creativity, while spoken of as one of the most coveted…

Started by Lauren E.L. Marshall

3 yesterday
Reply by Mark Hammer

Does Lean = Agile? If not, what is the difference?

Interesting article from Curious Cat about the real definition of lean. I have heard some agile practitioners refer to agile project manage…

Started by Bill Brantley

3 on Monday
Reply by T. Jay Johnson

Should the American Public Pay for Results or For Learning?

Provocative article from Herding Cats on implementing agile in a Federal agency.  He argues that agile means celebrating the learning rathe…

Started by Bill Brantley

2 May 10
Reply by Josh Nankivel

Shared Resources: How To Not Drive Them Crazy?

There are many people who get bombarded with requests from all different angles many times throughout the day:   Database Admins System Ad…

Started by Josh Nankivel

3 May 10
Reply by Josh Nankivel

Social Enterprises: How much control should the Company have?

I've been tumbling over this question and need some help unraveling the knot. How much control should an organization have over communities…

Started by Deb Green

4 May 8
Reply by Deb Green

PMBOK is not a project management methodology. Discuss.

I know I've heard it. Have you? When asked how their agency or organization manages projects, I sometimes get the response,  "We are a…

Started by Josh Nankivel

10 May 5
Reply by Ralph Montgomery

How To Really Learn From "Lessons Learned" Reviews

What are your tips for making the lessons learned debriefing (or other knowledge capture methods) more productive for your career as a proj…

Started by Bill Brantley

11 May 4
Reply by Josh Nankivel

What makes a project successful?

The Sydney Opera House was years behind schedule cost 1,400% its original budget. The architect was forced to resign over the failure of hi…

Started by Bill Brantley

5 Apr 24
Reply by Sharon Chivis

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