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Webinar Recap: Lessons Learned in Project Management
Please find a transcription of the audio portion of Ed Killingsworth’s Lessons Learned in Project Management webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to us...
This Webinar Goes to 11: Lessons Learned in Project Management
Email Ed for a copy of his PowerPoint presentation with links to referenced materials. Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible...
Mayday! Project Crash Investigation, Part 3: Moving from Project Failure to Future Success
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we covered why projects fail and how to investigate these catastrophes, all under the guise of being an air crash investigator. In this final installment of the series...
The Executive Who Laid a Curse on His PMs
It was a dark and stormy night, and a lone executive who couldn’t sleep decided he wanted to spend some quality time reviewing the project schedules for a massive IT integration and implementati...
The Trace Evidence that Sunk a PMO Director
I was working with a design firm that finally decided it was time to start a project management office to improve their processes and procedures. After a long search by the HR department, they finally...
Tales of Terror in Project Management, Volume 2
This year’s tales of terror plunge you into project management madness. You’ll visit a hiring manager’s dungeon of woe, spy on a company executive as he spins his web of wickedness, ...
The Curious Case of the Disappearing New Hires
A large company decided to reward project managers and team members based on performance. Sounds good, right? Tie people’s pay to the outcome of a program or project. Success leads to better pay...
Mayday! Project Crash Investigation, Part 2: What to Do When a Project Fails
In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the notion that project managers can learn a lot from airline industry professionals and their great safety systems and also apply those principles to projects i...
A Project Engagement That Went Horribly Wrong
An organization had asked us to undertake a Project Server deployment initiative. The user base was gigantic. The deployment timeframe was tight, and on the agreed-upon budget we could just scrape by....
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