Multiple Project Fantasy Land

As projects multiply like weeds in an organization, they devour the time of technical staff and line supervisors leaving little time for people's "real jobs." Yet despite a project failure rate that can inch past 70%, some executives and project managers continue to live in a fantasy land.  Let's look at the fantasies and then the survival techniques you should use in a project dense organization.  Read this weeks article

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Dick Billows, PMP
President 4pm.com

Your Project Team: Galley Slaves, Pirates or the Love Boat?

Do your project teams expend their energy on relentless problem solving or on avoiding blame?  Does the team challenge every idea so the best solution emerges or is there too much concern about rank and job titles or hurting people’s feelings? This week's article looks at the various paths project teams take as they form and then we’ll discuss how a PM should guide the process.

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Dick

Dick Billows, PMP, GCA

Best Project Management Practices: Videos and Techniques

We've assembled lectures, project manaqger in action videos and some of the most popular articles from our student center in a new "Best Project Practices" center.  It has videos, articles and slide shows on the best techniques and approaches in project management.  Compare what you are doing to the best practices

Regards,

Dick

Dick Billows, PMP, GCA