As with many things in life, I learned the hard way about the importance of having a complete solution in IT. My first task as an IT director was to find a way to maintain the very particular data my agency needed. We developed housing with taxpayers’ money. We needed to know where that housingRead… Read more »
FYI only The Weekly Spark – Week of May 20, 2011 Following are the titles and links of items posted online in The Weekly SPARK, May 20, 2011, published and e-distributed FYI by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. The complete text of this abbreviated FYI posting is available at the SPRC website at http://www.sprc.org/news/index.asp ~~~~Read… Read more »
This is a video I have promised to do for some time. It is in response to those who won’t even consider social technologies with their organizations – now or in the future. I have heard about all of the excuses – and for the most part I don’t buy any of them. They rangeRead… Read more »
It’s time to “take 5” for the… Friday Fab 5! We had a busy week here on the site. Lots of great content and even more great comments! I wish we could recognize them all, but alas, we only have the time to highlight a few. So without further ado… Today’s Blog of the WeekRead… Read more »
Many of my readers and students are dealing with the situation we’ve all been in. They are in less-than-optimal positions or even unemployed, and trying to break into project management. It’s a tough situation, and even if I can’t give specific advice for your unique situation, there are many general guidelines for you. I writeRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from http://www.free-pm-exam-questions.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— The method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that represents activities and connects them to show the dependencies is known as: A) Arrow diagramming methodB) Schedule network templatesC) Precedence diagramming methodD) Activity list —————————— AllRead… Read more »
Since my last desperate begging funding drive, several companies and organisations have leapt to support LocalGovCamp, namely: Public-i Firmstep Talk About Local Global Crossing Arcus Global Many thanks to them. They join those who had already stuck their hands in their pockets: LGIU Podnosh The MoreOpen fund (where the cash comes indirectly from all theRead… Read more »
The Pathways through Participation project (www.pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk) looks at participation in a very broad way, and covers a wide range of participatory activities that are often viewed in isolation. This broad approach to participation has informed our literature review, which is available for download: http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Pathways-literature-review-final-version.pdf. The review brings together different bodies of literature on participation, includingRead… Read more »
2007 was a difficult year for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). That year saw the credibility of the IPCC shaken as many errors were found in their 4th climate assessment report. In an effort to put past mistakes behind them for good, the IPCC has recently agreed on a number ofRead… Read more »
Crashing and fast tracking are techniques used in schedule compression. Schedule compression is used when the desired result is to create output faster than indicated in the original project, without having to change the project scope. This is particularly beneficial if a competitor is working on the same type of project and you need toRead… Read more »