Debt Ceiling Strategy: Use ECM to Trim Your Agency

Agencies that implement an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system are typically losers-but in a good way! The whole reason to implement an ECM system is to lose the waste while gaining efficiency. Below are five things you can kiss goodbye when your ECM system comes online: Wasting Time: How much time does your current processRead… Read more »

Free PMP Exam Sample Question

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from The Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— A project manager wants to display and communicate the results of PERT and Critical Path analysis in a simple chart that can be readily understood by those who are notRead… Read more »

Ten-year state budget projections and business opportunities, part one: The good-news graph

Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. This is part one of a two-part series on INPUT’s 10-year state budget projections. The news for state and local government simply has not been good this year. Record government employee layoffs are reported across the country. Wisconsin rioted. Minnesota is currently not functioning as a government. California hadRead… Read more »

The Maginot Line of Information Systems Security

Military cyber defenders face a tough challenge. Many of them have been trained in warfighting specialties like aviation, infantry, amphibious operations, submarine warfare etc, then one day they wake up with orders to a unit with operational cyber defense responsibilities. I’ve seen great champions from these disciplines, including F-14 pilots and RIOs, make fantastic contributionsRead… Read more »

Business Advice From The Amish

From Rohit Bhargava on Amex Open: Several weeks ago on a trip back to the US from South Africa, I deliberately picked up a magazine about a topic I knew very little about. It is one of the common tricks I use to learn about different industries-and in this case, the magazine I ended upRead… Read more »

Approaching Project Management Interviews, Project Definition, and New Subscribers Shout-Out!

I’d like to try something new, highlighting the best comments received in the last week. I absolutely LOVE getting comments on blog posts and engaging in the discussion that follows. Approaching Project Management Interviews On “How to Connect With People In Your Target Organizations“, Jennifer Bedell shared an awesome story illustrating her approach to theRead… Read more »

Finance Director

Finance Director Our client, a local government entity in the Oakland,CA area is looking for an Interim Finance Director with a strongbackground in redevelopment, bond financing and restructuring, dealing withnegative cash situations, and developing long term fiscal recovery plans. In this position you will also be responsible for planning, organizing, anddirecting the operations of aRead… Read more »