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Managing projects using an Agile approach - Tip #3, by Mike Watson PMP
Tip #3: Prioritization of Requirements
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We must all accept that, if the delivery date for our Agile project is fixed, then the scope may have to slip. In turn, this means that the prioritization of the customer requirements becomes absolutely vital, so that what gets squeezed into the first delivery actually brings benefits, and is what the product owner wants first.
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Leading - Avoid Being a Controlling Project Manager, by Frank Saladis PMP
The role of the project manager is not to control the team but to ensure that the team members are in control of their specific work assignments.
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Why Motivation and People Performance Leadership is Vital
Why Motivate?
Let’s talk about NOT motivating your teams. Why should you? After all, they are paid to do their jobs, right? This is unfortunately a very common comment from managers who grew up in a culture of strict hierarchies and top-down direction and control. Cultures like these create compliance at best and rebellion at worst. “Well, what’s so wrong about compliance?” you may say. Compliance is great if it is in regard to safety and security. However, if you run a project or a program and need top performance, compliance can be devastating. Imagine giving directions for a task and missing out on a step or two. Compliance means that the task won’t be done to the standard needed, but to the letter of the word, i.e., your direction. Also, compliance means you get what you ask for, and no more.
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Using the Power of Project Management to Shape a Balanced Life Roadmap, By Dr. Al Zeitoun, PMP
Kathy is a senior project manager in the New York City metro area. She has worked in the financial industry for the last 7 years and has moved up in her responsibilities and career path. Recently, Kathy faced a challenge to make some adjustments in order to avoid reaching the burnout stage and other potential negative consequences on the family front.
Using Lean Six Sigma Concepts for Personal Goals, By Anne Foley, MBB, CSSBB, PMP
Have you ever noticed an energy surge at the beginning of a new year? It’s not necessarily an individual energy surge, but a collective one. Experts have speculated that this energy surge is generated out of an emotional state called hope. Perhaps we are hoping to leave the things that didn’t work for us in 2011, in the rear view mirror. Perhaps we are hoping for something brand new to materialize. Many of us turn our hopes into what is commonly called a New Year’s resolution. At the turn of the 19th century, it was projected that 10% of the population made these resolutions. After the Great Depression, that number jumped to 25%. This year, it is projected that a whopping 55% of us are expressing some sort of a resolution as we jump in to 2012. I could theorize as to why that number is growing but it would just be a guess. What I am more interested in sharing is how we can succeed in making the improvements at the root of our hope.
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Project Management for a Better Life, By Tresia D. Eaves, MHR, PMP
In David Whyte’s “The Three Marriages,” he proposes that we change every day and to really have “life balance”, we must focus on three important relationships at the time when each needs our focus. He said a lasting, steady balance in life is nothing more than an illusion. He supports and I agree that, at different times, in your projects, different areas take priority and require your complete attention. Similarly, Whyte’s book proposes that, in life, different demands on you force you to consider a focus on one of three important relationships at a time. For example, his three marriages are: to someone/family that you love, to your career, and to yourself. The most important of those marriages is the one with yourself since he proposes that if you don’t have that working optimally, the others will soon suffer. Even though “life balance” might be an illusion or marketing concept, I thought about what my life would look like if I planned it as a project and here’s a tool to help you think deeply about your own life project:
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Project Work Life Balance: Achieving Project Success, By Judy Umlas
This article is based on the International Project Management Presentation delivered by Judy Umlas in November, 2011.
Welcome to the Project Kick-Off Meeting of ONE of the – if not THE - most important project of your personal and professional life. –We call it Project Work Life Balance! And today we are going to initiate this project and make sure that you can achieve project success! To make the most of this presentation, it would be useful to have the printed two last slides/tables of this article in front of you, as well as something to write with.
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Work The Life Balance, By Lilian Ohman
Wikipedia writes about work life balance: “The work-leisure dichotomy was invented in the mid-1800s. In anthropology, a definition of happiness is to have as little separation as possible ‘between your work and your play.’ The expression ‘Work–life balance’ was first used in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual's work and personal life. In the United States, this phrase was first used in 1986.” Cambrige Advancer Learner’s Dictionary defines work-life balance as ‘the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with your family and doing things you enjoy’. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
My Life Change Project - Part 1: The Business Case, By R. Max Wideman
Editor's Note: The following paper is an actual project record presented here as a case study intended for use as a general project management class exercise. For this reason, specific names of companies or individuals have been carefully omitted. However, anyone wishing further information may contact the author through the contact information provided on this web site.
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