Moira Alexander

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Many challenges confront today's project managers -- new technologies, remote workforces and a global market to name a few. To take a project from inception to finish can be grueling and you've got to have great dedication and skills if you're going to be successful. But what sets apart good project managers (PMs) from the truly great ones? What does it take to go from being the manager of projects to a game-changing leader?

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Problems with Crashing, Fast Tracking, and other Schedule Compression Techniques How do project managers unintentionally create schedule risks? As a result, perhaps you feel a cloud of uncertainty about your schedule. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock. Many times, it starts with pressure from a sponsor to deliver the goods early. For sure, project managers have a responsibility to work with their sponsors to understand the requirements and to complete the projects within the sponsor-imposed dead

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As the holidays approach it’s hard to find time to do any reading. I haven’t even been using my commuting time to read because I’ve been crocheting Christmas tree stocking decorations instead. My NCT group from when Jack was born has had two new babies this year and it’s a bit of a tradition that I make them a little red stocking for the tree. The pattern I use works up quickly and small projects like that are good for the train.

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Binfire

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As many of my readers know, I have been a project manager for longer than I care to admit. In my career, I have mentored many young project managers at the start of their careers. I hope that I have helped steer them in the right direction. At the same time, I have seen project managers burn out mid-career for multiple reasons (perhaps the topic of a future blog).

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The Digital Project Manager

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If you work as a remote project manager, this one’s for you! Earlier this year, Galen Low wrote a brilliant article on how to manage. The post How-to: Stay sane as a remote project manager appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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TimeCamp

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If we were to ask like 100 people what do they think is the most important value in life, the answers will vary. Some would say that love and family, others would suggest career, self-satisfaction, success. There will be those who will put money as their number one in life. However, not many of us […].

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