Tailored Project Management
Tailored Project Management
-by Andy Jordan
It's time to take control of things again and apply our skills and experience to alternative project management--and challenge our thinking beyond conventional norms.
Manifest Destiny - by Ian Whittingham, PMP (Jun 22, 2009)
Making a Case for Agile Project Management - by Bob Weinstein (Jun 15, 2009)
How Agile Do We Need To Be? - by Mark Mullaly, PMP (Jun 8, 2009)
Software Development: Traditional or Alternative? - by Michael Wood (Jun 1, 2009)
Agile Management: An Oxymoron?Agile Management: An Oxymoron?
-by Andy Jordan
 The smart project manager will be aware of agile development approaches--and be prepared to embrace them and adjust their PM approach accordingly. So let's try and bring some sanity to chickens and pigs...
Is Agile Fragile?Is Agile Fragile?
-by Mike Donoghue
 Agility is a great process concept for small enterprise shops that have fewer resources and are obliged to keep their energies laser-focused. But for the larger organizations and their equally grand products, this development approach is problematic.
Agile CRMAgile CRM
-by Andy Jordan
 As the project manager, you need to help the customer understand why agile could be a suitable approach for them. Here's some help in preparing them for a wild ride.
Agile Countdown - by Mike Donoghue (Jun 22, 2009)
Courage: The Root of All Agile - by Doug DeCarlo, Principal, The Doug DeCarlo Group (Jun 15, 2009)
Applying Agile in Your Waterfall World - by Dr. Andrew Makar, DMIT, PMP (Jun 15, 2009)
Agile Myths Debunked - by Dr. Andrew Makar, DMIT, PMP (Jun 8, 2009)
Point Play - by Johanna Rothman (Jun 1, 2009)
Barnyard Agility - by Mike Donoghue (Jun 1, 2009)
Right On! - by B. Michael Aucoin, D. Engr., PE, PMP (May 18, 2009)
Simplifying PM: Six Power Tips for Doing More with Less - by Jerry Manas, PMP (May 4, 2009)
The Merlin Exercise - by Mike Griffiths (Apr 20, 2009)

gantthead Blog
How Agile Development Methods and ITPM Help With Cost Control   from   Project Management 2.0
Situation: You are considering an Agile/Traditional mix of approaches.When you think of portfolio management, traditional approaches to project management seem to be a natural fit.  However, Agile app ...
Posted By: Dave Garrett on July 04, 2009 06:54 PM
Iran, Twitter, and Project Management   from   Project Management 2.0
Situation: You are still trying to figure out what Twitter is good for.Much has been made of how Twitter has been used to circumvent Government censorship in Iran - letting us know what's really going ...
Posted By: Dave Garrett on June 22, 2009 02:56 PM
recent blog postings
Projectshrink, Welfare CSM and CSM for Project Managers   from   Drunken PM
I've posted the video interview that Luis Garcia did with Bas De Baar, the Projectshrink, while were in Amsterdam for the 2009 PMI EMEA Global Congress. Lots more to come from Amsterdam still, plus ...
Posted By: Dave Prior on June 16, 2009 08:07 AM
Informal Project Management - Is there really such a thing..?   from   PMO Setup T3 - Tips, Tools, and Techniques
Informal (adjective) / a manner that does not take things seriously.   ...
Posted By: Mark Perry on June 13, 2009 10:06 AM

featured video
Scrum in the Waterfall
Just because you are working in a waterfall organization doesn't mean you can't be Agile. Join Dave Prior as he walks you through a case study on implementing Scrum in a waterfall environment. He offers some key practices and data points that will enable you to be successful in both keeping the team productive and providing the information needed to build trust and confidence with the Project Sponsors and Senior Executives you need to support your Agile implementation.

Department Highlight: Career Development
Social Suicide (Part 1)
- by Bob Weinstein (June 29, 2009)
Like all fads, social networking has the masses excited with thoughtless abandon. But people are failing to consider that it has its shortcomings--and that there are serious and embarrassing repercussions if not executed properly.

Department Highlight: Project Management
When Facts Just Don’t Matter
- by Tom L. Barnett, PMP (June 22, 2009)
When politics and hidden agendas get in the way, they can ruin near-perfect execution and cloud an otherwise great project.

recent questions
Level2 Project Management in WBS   in   Project Management Central
I've come across various sample of WBS's control account in L2 that states the need for "Project Management", does it mean that we are supposed to break down in terms of like the knowledge areas or pe ...
Posted By: Carl NG on June 29, 2009
flagging in MSP   in   Project Management Central
can someone tell me how to use flags or color codes in MSP to denote a specific criteria such as lagging, complete, or future and assign a corresponding color code to it. I have found ways to use fla ...
Posted By: devin tindall on June 25, 2009




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"Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves."
- Bertrand Russell