A while back, I was using Sharepoint 2007 to create some custom forms for data collection. Basically we wanted to capture customer feedback on a proposed design. We had a series of meetings and workshops with users, then after the meetings, I sent out a form to all attendees. I know what you are probably [...]
Tag Archives: Project Success
Three Tips to Weed Out Procrastinators
November 17, 2009 – 8:32 pm
I just happened upon an interesting article in Psychology Today (PT) regarding Project Deadlines and their importance to project success. Interestingly, it also discusses a psychological aspect that, as project managers, we have all run across before: procrastination. While we have likely all had procrastinators on our project teams before, I haven’t read much project [...]
Sharepoint Collaboration vs Central Desktop
September 1, 2009 – 10:17 pm
It may sound obvious, but group collaboration is hard work. On every project I have been involved with, the method by which the team collaborated was different. I am not talking about team dynamics or organizational behaviour, although those are very important subjects. I really mean such seemingly simple things such as sharing documents, reviewing [...]
Project Management Offices: Best Practices
May 18, 2009 – 1:00 pm
An interesting survey was just published in the May Edition of PMI Today. This survey was based on results from about 1700 surveyed PMI members as they answered questions regarding the state of project management within their organizations. The survey caught my eye because the headline shows that more projects were completed on time and [...]
Project Management Process Standardization
May 17, 2009 – 6:44 pm
I have seen first hand how good standards can greatly enhance project delivery across an organization, where lack of standards leaves gaps, questions, and uncertainty. This uncertainty at best allows strong managers to deliver successfully, while weak managers struggle, and which at worst derails the efforts of strong project managers to delivery successfully.
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