Posted by Robert Kelly in Robert Kelly: Kelly Project Solutions on 11. Nov, 2011 | No Comments
Prior to starting KPS, Robert successfully led complex, enterprise projects for over a dozen years at companies including Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Lenovo and Red Hat. Typical initiatives have included deploying new technologies/platforms, developing new products/services, and re-engineering business processes. Throughout his career, Robert has experienced Project/Program Management implemented differently at every single firm he worked with. This exposure to such diverse practices has provided the skill to identify problems in a clients environment, as well an exceptional opportunity to develop a core set of best practices for project/program success.
Read More »Posted by Josh Nankivel in Josh Nankivel: PM Student Blog on 30. Aug, 2011 | No Comments
Josh is principal of pmStudent and a coach for new and aspiring project managers. Josh is a working project manager, and has been managing projects in Computing, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Aerospace for over a decade. Josh’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Project Management and he is PMP certified. He uses his experience and love of teaching to empower people to get started and get ahead in their project management careers. He lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA with his wife and 3 sons.
Read More »Posted by Elizabeth Harrin in Elizabeth Harrin: A Girl's Guide to Project Management Blog on 23. Jan, 2011 | No Comments
Elizabeth Harrin is a portfolio manager living and working in London, UK. She spent eight years working in financial services (including two based in Paris, France), before moving into healthcare. Elizabeth is a PRINCE2 and MSP Practitioner, and holds the ITIL Foundation certificate.
Read More »Posted by Raechel Logan in Raechel Logan: The Team Member Advocate on 08. Jan, 2011 | No Comments
Having worked at various levels on a number of different teams in her life, Raechel chooses to write as The Team Member Advocate on the AtTask Blog. Teams are an integral part of how things get done in the world of project and work management and often it’s the individual contributor who is closest to the work and understands it the best. Raechel’s blog aims to give that person a voice; because without the team members, there is no team.
Read More »Posted by Geoff Crane in Geoff Crane: The Papercut PM Blog on 05. Jan, 2011 | No Comments
An ex-big-bank project manager, Geoff got tired of the stress of big projects and wanted to spend more time with family. “Project management has been around for a long time,” says Geoff, “but for every one company that’s project management ‘aware,’ there’s thousands of companies that aren’t. My goal on
Read More »Posted by Raechel Logan in Ty Kiisel: Strategic Project Management on 05. Jan, 2011 | No Comments
As an “accidental” project manager Ty writes about project management for AtTask. He makes the concepts and best practices of managing projects accessible to both expert and novice project professional by weaving personal experiences, historical references and other anecdotes into daily discussions around effective leadership approaches that maximize the effectiveness
Read More »Posted by Derek Huether in Derek Huether: The Critical Path Blog on 05. Jan, 2011 | No Comments
Drinker of Copious amounts of coffee. Thinker of what makes sense. User of Agile and Kanban. Writer of an upcoming book. Talker of all topics. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and skilled Scrum Master, Derek mentors up-and-coming PMs for industry certification along with practical demonstrations of Agile Scrum.
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Posted by Raechel Logan in Blogs, Raechel Logan: The Team Member Advocate
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Happy as a clam,” and wondered what in the world it means? According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the phrase originated in the 1630′s as “Happy as a clam in the mud at hig…
Continue Reading »Posted by Raechel Logan in Ty Kiisel: Strategic Project Management
I had a great Scoutmaster when I was a boy. He drove an old Army Jeep and knew everything there was to know about just about everything in the woods (at least that’s what I thought at the time).We bounced all over Utah in his old Jeep (which is probabl…
Continue Reading »Posted by Raechel Logan in Blogs, Raechel Logan: The Team Member Advocate
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Happy as a clam,” and wondered what in the world it means? According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the phrase originated in the 1630′s as “Happy as a clam in the mud at … Continue reading →
Continue Reading »Posted by Derek Huether in Derek Huether: The Critical Path Blog
Ever heard of the cone of uncertainty? The cone shows the historical error at certain time periods in a tropical cyclone forecast. What happens today and what has happened in the…
Continue Reading »Posted by Raechel Logan in Blogs, Raechel Logan: The Team Member Advocate
“Great leaders know that when they care about employees as people first, then as employees, many positive things happen. One of them is a loyal workforce.” – Peter Barron Stark & Associates A good friend and collea…
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Click HERE to listen to two great interviews: Suzanne Weinstein and Dorothy Tannahill Moran
Continue Reading »Posted by Raechel Logan in Ty Kiisel: Strategic Project Management
I’m not sure why it has taken me so long to pick up Daniel Pink’s book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates us. That being said, it is a fascinating book that ties together many of the concepts (and even some of the studies) that I have com…
Continue Reading »Posted by Raechel Logan in Blogs, Raechel Logan: The Team Member Advocate
“Great leaders know that when they care about employees as people first, then as employees, many positive things happen. One of them is a loyal workforce.” – Peter Barron Stark & Associates A good friend and colleague of mine recently … Continue reading →
Continue Reading »Posted by Geoff Crane in Geoff Crane: The Papercut PM Blog
Many of you have been asking me behind-the-scenes, “dude, what’s going on?!” It’s true, I kind of dropped off the face of the earth recently, so I’d like to let you all know what’s been happening. Well, as many of you know I’ve been grappling with the job search recently,…
Continue Reading »Posted by Raechel Logan in Ty Kiisel: Strategic Project Management
President Harry Truman said, "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."Last week I came across an article written by Esther Derby for Agile Zone, Empowering Leadership. She suggests, "Some pundits pro…
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