On the second day of Watercon, I alternated between attending sessions and visiting with exhibitors. Because of access to an outlet, I was only able to live blog a few of the sessions. The links to those are below: Ice Pigging: Cleaning Mains with Ice – I first heard of this technique from a co-workerRead… Read more »

There is no standard project management approach that works for all projects. The choice of the right approach for managing a project depends on various factors, ranging from the complexity and type of project to the experience in conducting projects of the organization, the customer’s willingness to be involved in the project, and the normRead… Read more »

This is cross-posted from a site my friend Misha Gouberman’s created to explore an idea. We’ve been doing some very light scheming thinking about the following event. What follows is a piece he wrote that I’d love to get thoughts or reactions about from friends in the GTA… A one-day event for people who workRead… Read more »

Here’s a little something to remember as we interact with our internal and external customers, stakeholders, and partners. From: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/the_ideal_praise-to-criticism.html … Top performing teams give each other more than five (5) positive comments for every criticism. …

BAC Back Charge Backward Pass Bad Debts Balance Balanced Matrix Balanced Scorecard Balanced Scorecard Approach (“BSA”) Bank Banking Bar Chart Bargaining Bargaining Power Barriers Base Bar Chart Baseline Baseline at Completion (“BAC”) Baseline Concept Baseline Control Baseline Cost Baseline Dates Baseline Finish Date Baseline Management Baseline Plan Baseline Review Baseline Schedule Baseline Start Date BasisRead… Read more »

The US government uses challenge.gov to involve citizens in designing innovative solutions to government and civil challenges. The UK government has adopted a digital-by-default approach and has mandated that agencies follow this, providing detailed guidance on what they must do and by when (even open sourcing service design guidance on GithHub for citizens to improve).Read… Read more »

The City of Lake Oswego is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for this year’s Kincaid Memorial Public Administration Internship. The internship is a great opportunity for a graduate student in Public Administration interested in gaining experience and exposure to local government management. The individual selected for the internship will spend approximately threeRead… Read more »

Today we highlight the good works of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Portland State University (PSU) chapter which was founded this year. The chapter is another sign that professional local government management is in safe hands for years to come. While Portland is becoming known for start up companies in the private sector, ELGLRead… Read more »

Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »