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A glossary of terms

June 9, 2008

I came across this recently. If you are new to project management you might find it interesting. It’s TechRepublic’s glosssary of PM terms, which you can use as a starting point for getting to grips with a whole new language. It’s not complete but it’s a useful springboard.

Carnival of project management #20

May 28, 2008

Welcome to the May 26, 2008 edition of carnival of project management. Thirty-one entries this month, so here is what made the cut: lazymale presents “5 common scheduling mistakes” posted at lap31 “are you ready to lead?”. Rich Maltzman, PMP presents Project Managers: Don’t Get the Point! posted at Scope crêpe, saying, “Don’t get the [...]

New Knowledge Base tool

March 24, 2008

Knowledge Base from The Projects Group (TPG) has been up and running for a month now and it is a very impressive tool. It works a lot like the project management search engine on PMConnection. However, PMConnection’s search is Google-based and will search websites and blogs. Knowledge Base draws on different information, including back issues [...]

pm411: the name explained

March 12, 2008

Ron Holohan from the pm411.org podcast has emailed me to explain where the name comes from: “Ah the name… Unfortunately, it may have been a poor choice outside of the US and Canada, but for decades, most of the United States and Canada has used *4-1-1* as the telephone number for local directory assistance. You [...]

Project management search engine

February 11, 2008

If you are new to project management, or just don’t want to wade through pages of irrelevant search results, try Jack’s latest addition to PMConnection. The project management search engine searches around 80 dedicated project management websites and blogs, like Gantthead, PMHut, Projects@Work, Raven’s Brain and of course, this site. That means that when you [...]

Carnival of project management #16

January 28, 2008

Welcome to the January 28, 2008 edition of carnival of project management. As there wasn’t a carnival in December this is a bumper edition. Thomas Cutting presents December 10, 2007 – Burnt by Hiring a Newbie posted at Cutting’s Edge Project Management , saying, “Promised a solid PM to replace an existing on, the agency [...]

Who’s in charge here?

January 23, 2008

Have you come across the ICPM – the International Community for Project Managers? If not, this could be a good opportunity to have a look at their site. I’ve just written an article on the four top problems that cause ineffective steering groups. Have a look at Who’s in Charge Here? and then browse around!

Presents for project managers

December 10, 2007

Looking for a present for the PM in your life? She might appreciate some of these gifts: Vouchers for Starbucks or her local coffee shop – for keeping going when steering group reports are due A subscription to Shattered A retractable powder brush, so the inside of her handbag doesn’t get messy, and a fix-all-hide-all [...]

Everyone’s talking about it…

November 8, 2007

Although my series on failing projects has come to an end (missed it? click on Failing Projects in the categories list), it seems like everywhere I look someone is talking about pear-shaped projects. Luke Barrett, a senior business analyst from software company Thoughtworks, has been writing about how to stop software projects going wrong. Luke’s [...]

Eight random facts about me

October 25, 2007

Back at the beginning of August I was tagged for this meme by Mike Ramm, over at Stop and Think! I have no idea where it started, but the rules for the 8 Random Facts About Me meme are: Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves which others do not know about them. [...]

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