Green Project Management

MAY 2, 2016

April was a busy month for all of us at GPM. We have activity buzzing all over the globe which is exciting! In this post, which we would normally issue a press release for, I chose a blog format as I wanted to share some personal thoughts rather than a quote. On April 16th, I […]. The post GPM Takes Root in Russia Amid Historic International Events appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Susanne Madsen

MAY 2, 2016

Stress is interesting. As the below stress curve shows, you do need some pressure in order to perform at your best, but too much pressure (or stress) leads to declining performance and potentially burnout. If you get close to burnout you may lose your energy, drive and proactiveness. You will feel overwhelmed and find it difficult to respond to external demands and it could take you a while to recover.

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Herding Cats

MAY 2, 2016

Guess : a conjecture based on little or no evidence Estimate : a guess made by an expert ― Neandertal's Guide to Cost Estimating , Naval Aviation Systems . All project work is based on probabilities driven by statistical processes. All decisions made on projects for time, cost, and technical performance involve making decision in the presence of uncertanty.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2016

The annual APM Conference was earlier this month. You can catch up by watching my video diary of the event. I wanted to tell you a bit more about what went on. David Waboso: 4 PM Imperatives. The APM President, David Waboso, took to the stage to tell us about the 4 imperatives that he is using to anchor his presidential year. They are: 1. Delivery. Project sponsors, David explained, want to know that a project will happen.

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Musings on Project Management

MAY 2, 2016

FARCA -- Fault and Root Cause Analysis -- is what you do when you've got observations and symptoms of outcomes, but no real supporting explanation of the underlying causes and failure modes. Every PMO admonishes: Don't act on symptoms! Get to the 'facts'. Find out what's causing this And thus: deductive analysis*. When you've got the answer; now you must discover the question.

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MAY 2, 2016

Understanding the exposure triangle is crucial to capturing high quality and perfectly exposed footage for your project.

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PM by PM

MAY 2, 2016

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Stepping Into Project Management

MAY 2, 2016

I love reading books, I have recently also moved to reading –eBooks and reading books online via i-pad. This post isn’t about that. It’s about finding the most effective way to read a book, remember the idea behind it and trigger the thought process. Not exactly the way you would read a novel. I’ll explain what I mean- I like reading books in combos.

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PM by PM

MAY 2, 2016

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