From the monthly archives:

September 2006

Milestones and RSS

September 22, 2006

The Feedburner feed for this site was blocked for a couple of weeks but it’s now working again, so if you subscribe to the RSS version using that you shouldn’t have any more problems. If you don’t, why not? Use the link on the right to sign up for the latest articles direct [...]

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Implementing lessons learnt

September 18, 2006

The main problem, in my opinion, with post-implementation reviews is the difficulty with sharing the results with other people: making sure others don’t make the same mistakes you did and benefit from reusing things that went really well.
What’s a post-implementation review?
A meeting to evaluate the project’s successes and challenges and record any learnings for future [...]

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Carnival of project management #2

September 14, 2006

Welcome to the September 14, 2006 edition of carnival of project management.
Katie presents Financial bloggers losing focus posted at Aridni.
If you’re looking for some technical advice on PM tools, Pawel Brodzinski presents MSF: Version 4.0 versus Version 3.1 posted at Software Project Management, which explains the differences between Microsoft Solution Framework version 3.x and 4.0.
My [...]

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From across the pond

September 11, 2006

This week, in between watching the complete DVD box set of Series 1 of Un Paso Adelante, the Spanish version of Fame (what is Diana’s problem?), and trying too many perfumes in Sephora, I read an interesting report about the management of US government projects.
The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required by [...]

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Carnival of project management #2

September 9, 2006

The next carnival of project management will be on 14 September. Please submit your articles relating to any aspect of project management at Blog Carnival.
Don’t know what the carnival’s all about? Read the previous issue.

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How not to communicate with customers #2

September 4, 2006

A while ago I received a cheap-looking letter from the gym. You know, one of those where they have photocopied a photocopy and it ends up looking tatty and not-quite-black. “Your subscription is nearly up!” it helpfully informed me. “You should think about renewing.”
I certainly did think about renewing. For about [...]

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Blogging your way to a new career

September 1, 2006

I have an article on this topic in Projects@Work this week, so click here if you want to find out more about how surfing the blogosphere can help you on the way to a new job.

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