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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong? As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. What have I done? all of them!

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong? As it turns out, plenty due to my ill-advised approach. What have I done? all of them!

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How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

John is the co-author of Agile Project Management for Mobile Application Development. I think when we think about how we are delivering our projects, we need to focus on Business Value, Customer Satisfaction, Governance and less about coming in on time and budget. He has 20+ years as a project manager and PMO leader.

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How Project Management Can Help Fight the “IT and the Business” Paradox

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Opposing groups who may be forced to get along, but don’t like it. Whether you’re in an IT PMO, EPMO, or just a project leader sitting in a functional area tasked with leading a more technologically focused project, you can help! Governance; the 4-Letter 10-Letter Word. Governance can get some bad press!

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Where There’s a Widget, There’s a Way: Unleashing the Power of Microsoft Project! – By Project Widgets

MPUG

So I’m going to go into our project online environment here and as you can see, I’m in a project here called Application Development. I’m going to go back to Microsoft Project and I’m going to open up the template that this particular project was based upon, which is called application development.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. Change Authority: The authority (an individual or a group of individuals) who can authorize a change request in a project. Hammock Activity: A project planning term that refers to a group of activities that "hang" between two end dates.