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Weekend Reading

Posted in: Hints/Tips, News | May 19, 2012

Just trying to catch up on this week’s news. Hope it helps…. For businesses, being good at copying is at least as important as being innovative. Pretty profitable parrots Throw an “F-bomb” once in a while! Swearing ‘helps to reduce pain’ A bad ending to a bad...

Project Management Conversation Part 2

Posted in: Business, Process, Project | May 17, 2012

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The project management conversation continues.

OK…continue to work through the notes, so let’s review some more… Develop a PM methodology The purpose of using a common methodology for all projects is to provide a consistent vehicle for communication, management and reporting of project work. The principles and procedures introduced within your Project...

A Project Management Conversation

Posted in: Business, Process, Project | May 15, 2012

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I spent the last two days facilitating a meeting of non-project management executives, engineers and technicians. It wasn’t a training session….more of a brainstorming event. The intent was not to make them all PMPs, but to instill some project management knowledge and come up with some processes to facilitate...

Have you got a Strategic Plan?

Posted in: Business, Hints/Tips, Process, Project | May 9, 2012

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Entrepreneurs and business managers are often so preoccupied with immediate issues that they lose sight of their ultimate objectives. That’s why a business review and preparation of a strategic plan is a vital necessity. This may not be a recipe for success, but without it a business...

Interesting Weekend Reading

Posted in: Hints/Tips, News | May 5, 2012

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During the week I was just too busy to be able to read or watch some things, so I just bookmarked them. Here is an accumulation that I hope you review as well….interesting. “To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage...

Independent Verification and Validation

Posted in: Business, Process, Project, Technology | May 3, 2012

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Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) is a management discipline that enhances your return on investment on small, medium and large projects. IV&V provides you with an independent assessment of the requirement’s actual performance, risk identification and mitigation strategies while tracking project problems and trends, as well as...

Business Process Analysis

Posted in: Business, Process, Project | April 29, 2012

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Through our diagnostic tools and consulting services, Value Management Partners help our clients determine the degree to which they are ready to implement a strategy. We help you uncover issues that could delay or derail the strategy. Working together, we obtain the information that will provide answers...

10 Reasons You’re Not Ready

Posted in: Business, Project | April 23, 2012

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Wondering whether you have what it takes to be a project manager? Here are ten signs that you’re never going to make it to the top of the project hill. I see it everyday — talented programmers, system technicians and project engineers being promoted to project manager....