A tribute to project managers and those who want to be project managers, all over the world. One morning I woke up asking myself ‘what do I want to be when I grow up’. I had been laid off from my job as an operations manager the day before. Rather than drown in self-pity, IRead… Read more »
There’s an interesting new book project launching in Europe, scheduled to come out next year: Sustainable eParticipation Here’s the introduction: In the past 5-10 years, eParticipation emerged as a novel theoretical and practical domain, and it will further characterise the policy agendas of most industrialised and developing countries in the near future. By eParticipation, weRead… Read more »
This morning I had the chance to listen to David McQueeney. McQueeney is the Vice President of Software at IBM. David spoke about the history of Watson and the potential uses of the technology. McQueeney gave a great presentation and there are a lot of great lessons that government can learn from how Watson wasRead… Read more »
In yesterday’s post published here on the NextDrop team, we covered the innovative project’s mission to empower a community around necessary resource through simple technology. With great support from the local community in Hubli-Dharwad and with the recent boost from the Knight News Challenge – the team look poised to create sustainable impact. The questionRead… Read more »
With the Hubway bicycle-sharing program set to start next week, Boston planners are setting the final locations for about 60 docking stations, which will house about 600 bikes. For now, the program will concentrate on downtown locations and adjacent neighborhoods with high concentrations of workers, shoppers, transit commuters, and tourists. “We really want to keepRead… Read more »
A year after Zipcar came to Baltimore (MD), a survey shows changes in travel behavior among members of the car-sharing service: they drive less, use alternative modes of transportation more, and own fewer cars than they did before joining. According to the survey, the number of so-called Zipsters taking five or more car trips inRead… Read more »
Hi Josh, I’m a college student majoring in Project Management. I have been involved in a few projects in my lifetime, but never in any lead positions, so I don’t have experience in actual project management. This article was excellent. I find that I share characteristics with more than one of your PM examples. IRead… Read more »
As Transportation Nation reports, wireless service is coming to New York’s subways, but progress is slow. The long-delayed project is scheduled for completion in four years, with three Manhattan stations to be wired within six months. Transit Wireless will charge telecom companies for use of the wireless signal and share those revenues with the MetropolitanRead… Read more »
This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: The toolkit for project managers in the area of Enterprise 2.0 (often also called Social Media Project Management Tools) is vast. We have wikis, blogs, networking tools, microblogging, videos, podcasts. It’s a sheer endless list of tools that our project participants suddenly expect us to use andRead… Read more »
The PMP Exam is changing on August 31st 2011. If you are taking the exam on or after this date, then your 200 questions will be based on the new PMP Exam Content Outline. To learn more about the detailed changes to the exam, please read my article “The PMP Exam Changes on 31 AugustRead… Read more »