How you respond to the impacts of Federal sequestration on ongoing projects will be at least partly determined by how “mature” your project management practices are. Gartner’s PPM Maturity Model is useful to review here. Gartner describes 5 levels of “maturity, with 1 being low and 5 being high: Level 1: Reactive Level 2: EmergingRead… Read more »
I have a piece up on TechPresident about some crazy regulations that took place in Florida that put citizens at greater risk all so the state and local governments can make more money. Here’s a chunk: In effect, what the state of Florida is saying is that a $20 million increase in revenue is worthRead… Read more »
This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok on the IBM Center for the Business of Government blog. Last week, the Obama Administration released its latest set of reports on government performance toward achieving many high-priority goals, within and across agencies. As the Center has written previously, public presentation on this topic focuses on outcomesRead… Read more »
Before you can have a breakthrough, you often need a breakdown. Failure acknowledges an ending, which is also an opportunity to start something new. The prospect of failure concentrates the mind, inspires creativity, focus, fear. Outwitting failure builds confidence, relationships, esprit de corps. Failure can cause you to examine your reality more closely. I oftenRead… Read more »
Those close to me know I’m a magazine junkie. And now that I can store my titles neatly on my iPad mini, instead of strewn around the house, it’s easier to conceal the depth of my addiction. My favorite online magazine store, Zinio, which has a worldwide reach and represents 90% of all popular magazines,Read… Read more »
Carl Friedrich and Herman Finer debate the most effective way to ensure accountability of public officials In the Public Administration world, this question is almost always referred to as the Friedrich-Finer debate. In the beginning of the 1940s, Carl Friedrich and Herman Finer debate the most effective way to ensure accountability of public officials. ThisRead… Read more »
ELGL is hosting its inaugural conference on October 4 at the Kennedy School. In the coming weeks, the conference planning committee will begin rolling out the details. For now, we want to acknowledge Cosgrave Vergeer Kestler and Key Bank for being the first two companies to sign on as conference sponsors. ELGL corporate members areRead… Read more »
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Please check this out for samples of Logic Models from Unversity of Wisconsin: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodelexamples.html
Mahatma Ghandi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” We’ve all heard that a thousand times. Yet have you ever stopped to consider the implications of truly BEING the change? For the Conscious Leader, BEING the change is a tall order, and it requires 3 key elements that may not beRead… Read more »