Welcome to my project management site
Announcements
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The Wideman Education Foundation (2007), or "WEF",
has received registered charity tax-exempt status under the Canadian
Federal Government Income
Tax Act. WEF offers a win-win opportunity for donors and sponsors and the value proposition is simple:
• WEF conducts project competitions that introduce to high school students basic
project management skills they might not otherwise experience
• This helps to identify enthusiastic students capable of teamwork and team leadership that
benefit both family and community
• For companies it means
sowing the seeds of
a future project-ready workforce
"Great oaks from little acorns grow"
Find out more HERE
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The Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms version 4.2 is available for sale.
See What's New in Version 4.2.
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A Management Framework for Project,
Program and Portfolio Integration? (ISBN
1-4120-2786-1, 260 pp, 2004) expands on my original
well-known book A
FRAMEWORK for Project and Program Management INTEGRATION published by the
Project Management Institute in
1991. Find out more HERE and order
your copy HERE.
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Project management tip of the month
The no-surprises principle: Inform your boss before he or she informs you.
New information added monthly
September 2008 - We're conducting an unscientific survey on project portfolio offices.
Go to Musings and answer ten critical questions About
PMOs and their Responsibilities that you should ask yourself, if not for us! Large projects like
public infrastructure are in urgent need of serious money. Where will it come from? Robert Poole, in Guests, suggests Pension
Funds and Toll Roads are a Potentially Good Fit. In Papers David Pells, Managing
Editor of PM World Today poses his last questions to Max. In this Part
3: Questions on Project Management Practice cover project management development, most important skills, pm in
the future and advice to new entrants.
Do you know the least developed knowledge area in project management? It's Information Management of
which storage and retrieval is perhaps the most significant. New
Issacon 1463 Project Document Management provides
recommendations. This month we've also updated: 1057b Model Guideline #23 - Project Review or Audit; 1344 Earned Value Performance Measurement - Part B;
1350 Project People Management - Part A;
1369b Dealing with a "Dysfunctional Team"; and
1448 Preparing a presentation.
August 2008 - Is your project Going "Green":
Is it a part of the Great Con Game? In this
Musing Max takes a humorous look at the latest project management fashion and makes
some serious but unlikely recommendations. Guest author/consultant
Stacy Goff returns to answer the question: Why bother with a methodology, especially a project management one? His
detailed discussion of What
is a PM Methodology? A Search for Efficiency, Consistency, and Performance will enlighten you. In Papers David
Pells, Managing Editor of PM World Today asks Max to reminisce on his activities with,
and contributions to, the Project Management Institute. In this Part 2: Activities
with PMI David
probes Max's involvement with PMI, the local PMI Chapter, the PMI Board, who he knew, and what he thinks of
recent changes.
July 2008 - How many buttons do you have on your TV remote
and how many of them do you understand? See how this relates to your current project in Musings: The
Curse of Knowledge and Making Decisions. In our Guests paper, Lev Virine returns
with Michael Trumper to provide you with a quiz to test your intuition - from their latest
book: Testing Your Judgment in Making Decisions. In Papers David
Pells, Managing Editor of PM World Today interviews Max on a number of topics. In this Part
1: Probing Max's Background David asks about Project Management, Construction Management, Heavy Construction and
Max's first contact with the term "Project Manager".
Helpful information for people in a hurry
It is not for me to tell you how to run your project
— that's
your decision. Nor am I trying to teach you about
project management
— there are plenty of excellent books and courses
to do that.
You see, any fool can make things complicated, my goal is to keep
it simple! Go to the site map
to see all
site content listed by subject area.
The site map lists extensive information on project management.
To find what you are looking for, use the Search
My Site link on
the left of each page to reach the Google search panel.
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Issacons stands for Issues and Considerations and are sets of
slides providing summary information responding to a specific
question associated
with a particular project management topic.
Designed to save hours of searching when all you want is
a simple checklist, they provide the reader with succinct
information. Issacons are
more detailed than a plain bulleted list.
To view slides as text, click the "A" button on
the right side of the slides.
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A free-on-web comparative glossary (version 3.1) designed to show how many common terms mean different
things to different people, thereby leaving you free to create your own distinct version for your particular project.
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Points of view from other contributors.
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Papers and Book Reviews: Thought provoking and valuable insights into project management. Books I
have written.
Hence, more successful projects
and more of them that are successful. |
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My thoughts on various incidental project management topics.
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