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 | | | | | Kick-Starting Your Projects; What You Should You Know about Defining Scope
By Jamal Moustafaev The M247 "Sergeant York" Story In late seventies the US Department of Defense (DOD) outsourced the development of the self-propelled anti-aircraft (AA) weapon which featured twin radar-directed 40 mm rapid-fire guns to Ford Aerospace. The project was assigned the name of "Sergeant York", after the World War I US army hero, who undoubtedly would not have appreciated this dubious honor had he been alive in 1979. The weapon was intended to replace the M163 Vulcan Air Defense System and fight alongside the M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley fighting vehicles in the U.S. Army, and was similar in concept to successful Soviet and European systems such as the ZSU-23-4 and Gepard. Read Full Article |
12 Important Rules of Effective Delegation
By Richard Lannon
Delegation is one of the most important skills. Technical professionals, team and business leaders, project managers, and executives all need to develop good delegation skills. There are many rules and techniques that help people to delegate. Good delegation saves money, time, builds people and team skills, grooms successors and motivates people. Poor delegation causes frustration, demotivates and confuses people and teams. Ask any employee! Read Full Article | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | | 7 Steps to Writing a Business Use Case 
Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT, UTC-5
Duration: 2 hours
Format: LIVE or ON-DEMAND
Cost: $89.99 before June 17th, $119.99 After June 17th
Accreditation: 2 PMI PDUs and 2 CDUs Attention PM's
You can earn 2 PDUs for participating in this webinar! Attention BA's
The content of the course are aligned with the BABOK®, this 2 hr sessions qualifies for 2 CDUs towards CBAP® recertification. They also qualify for 2 hrs of the 21 Professional Development hours needed for initial CBAP® certification. |
#1 Reason Why Project Managers and Business Analysts Fail: BEING TOO SOFT!
Date: Wednesday June 10th, 2009 (Watch it LIVE or ON-DEMAND)
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $89.99 before June 10th, $119.99 After June 10th
PDU's: 2 PMI PDU's Speaker: Neal Whitten, PMP.  Neal Whitten, PMP, is a popular speaker, trainer, consultant, mentor, and author in the areas of leadership, project management, and employee development. He has written over 80 articles for professional magazines and is the author of six books. With over 35 years of front-line project management experience, Neal has developed and instructed dozens of classes and presented to many thousands of people from across hundreds of companies, institutions and public organizations. He is a member of PMI, is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and is a contributing editor of PMI’s PM Network magazine. | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | Creative Expansion - Scope Creep Upfront Instead of at the End
By Hans Jonasson Scope creep tends to be one of the most common problems in projects. We are very focused on minimizing scope and then trying to stick to it. Well, one alternative can be to try to do scope creep upfront, before we sign the contract with the customer. A few years ago I began a long overdue kitchen remodeling project. It is one of those projects that lends itself very well to scope creep (or in our case, scope leap). Read Full Blog | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | The Key to Project Management Success
 According to sources at Genius Inside, never has the concept of lean management been more important than in this difficult economic climate. Smaller teams, fewer resources, tighter budgets and shorter lead times mean that Project Management becomes ever more critical and the decision-making process becomes even more demanding. CIOs, Managers and project managers need to have access to not just the right information, but the right amount of information when they need it. | | | | | | |
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