New information added monthly
May 2012 - This month we follow up with Book 2 - What Functional Managers Need to Know about project management. This is part of A Trilogy of Books on Project Management by Harold Kerzner and Frank Saladis. Our Guest, Kim Tremblay, provides valuable advice for construction estimators on seven common mistakes and how to avoid them if you want to become a successful manager. Her article is entitled Building Better Quality Estimates.
Call a Spade a Spade! Our Musings questions whether using failure (by whatever name) is a good idea. And in our Project Management 101 course we've added Lesson 3: Why Use Project Management?
April 2012 - Alex Adamopoulos, our Guest this month, warns
CIOs: Take Heed of Project Portfolio Management in 2012! Because the world is becoming increasingly dynamic, complex and more knowledge intensive, Alex describes three challenges, five reasons why PPM matters and five tips for resolution. In Papers, we start A Trilogy of Books on Project Management by Harold Kerzner and Frank Saladis with An Introduction and Book 1 - What Executives Need to Know.
Our Musings takes a look at requirements gathering in IT and questions: Project Requirements Documents - Why Bother? And in our Project Management 101 course we've added Lesson 2: Logical Sequence and Work.
March 2012 - This month we are excited to announce the start of a new department on this web site called Project Management 101. It will feature a how-to series of fun cartoon strips with explanations that will provide a comprehensive coverage of the full range of project management responsibilities. In the twelve episodes to follow, we will present those responsibilities in as simple language as we can make it. To start, click on the title link above or on the flow icon on the right.
This month, our Guest, Thomas Juli describes his five simple but powerful Leadership Principles for Project Success based on his experience. Of course, it all depends on what you mean by "success". In Thomas's view it means reaching for the top!
Do you have trouble getting things done? Maybe it's The Trouble with Continuous Multi-tasking. We invited three authors to present their thoughts on how to fix this problem. They came up with eight recommendations on how to organize your day. You will find their advice in Musings.
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 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! Nevertheless, there are over 12,500 pages of project management information on this site and, to find what you are looking for, either:
- Go to the broad subject areas shown by the links at the top of the left sidebar
- Go to the site map for links to all of this site's content listed by PM topic, or
- Use the Search My Site link on the left of each page to reach the Google search panel
Our ultimate goal: More successful projects because more products are successful.
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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.
Tip: To view a slide as text, click the "A" button on the right side of the slide.
My thoughts on various incidental project management topics. |
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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.
Points of view from other contributors.
Papers and Book Reviews: Thought provoking and valuable insights into project management. Books I have written. |
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Project management tip of the month
The estimating of impacts principle: Estimating the impacts of many solutions on all objectives is filled with sources of error that together amount to error only a little less than that of simply guessing.
Announcements
 Project Management 101
Start here for a fun edutoon series on project management — things you should know but may have forgotten.
The Wideman Education Foundation ("WEF" 2007) is a registered charity tax-exempt status under the Canadian Federal Government Income Tax Act. WEF offers a win-win opportunity for donors and sponsors with a simple value proposition:
• Project competitions that introduce high school students to basic project management skills and experience
• Identification of enthusiastic students capable of teamwork and team leadership that benefit both family and community
• Planting the seeds of a future project-ready workforce for companies in need of project talent
"Great oaks from little acorns grow"
Find out more HERE
 The Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms
Access to version 3.1 is free and available on this site. Version 5.5 is available for sale. Click these links to find out MORE and order YOUR COPY.
 Management Framework for Project, Program and Portfolio Integration
expands on my original well-known book A Frameword for Project and Program Management Integration published by the Project Management Institute in 1991. Find out more HERE and order your copy HERE.
ISBN-10: 1412027861
ISBN-13: 978-1412027861
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