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Skills Of A CIO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

Leadership Development – Seek opportunities to develop leadership skills and gain experience in managing people, projects, and budgets. Broadening Experience – In addition to technical expertise, acquire a broad understanding of business operations, strategy, and industry trends. The path is also not necessarily linear!

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Skills Of A CEO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

Decision-Making – CEOs must evaluate complex situations, weigh risks, and make sound judgments that align with the company’s objectives. The ability to adapt to market shifts, technological advancements, and unforeseen challenges – and lead organizational pivots – is critical for success.

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PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections

MPUG

Personally, I never paid enough heed to Disaster Planning and Risk Management until after leaving the USA and becoming a PM nomad , but once I was out in the world, it became clear that I had to do much better. Could it be that human nature is now making many smaller projects fail, and letting larger ones go astronomically over budget?

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

I am the director of technology solutions and CTO for Edwards Performance Solutions. We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. Are we doing good change and risk management?

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report

MPUG

We are a project management consulting company in the Baltimore Washington area. I’m the director of technology solutions and the CTO for the company. And there’s just a quote here from a consultant in the DC area that says, “Managing a project without metrics is like sailing a ship without a compass.”