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My trick was simple. I would suddenly grab my mobile phone, look at it, and then head out the door.
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May 19, 2018 Bruce Benson
Communication
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Spend weeks working up a pitch, promising software so customized that both parties knew it probably couldn't be built.
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July 22, 2015 Bruce Benson
Innovation
In the article "Get the Schedule Right" one of the key items is to know the history of how our organization has performed in the past. As simple as this is to say, it can be very difficult to do in practice. Here are three successful techniques for getting the project management tool data we need.
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January 25, 2011 Bruce Benson
Planning
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Balance using your messaging (e-mail, texting, voice mail, etc.) project management tools with talking one-on-one to key people, but beware of overdoing it when talking in person.
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November 30, 2009 Bruce Benson
Communication
My article on e-mail infoglut resulted in a pointer from DoddsSimon to Inbox Zero by Merlin Mann. Merlin takes classic time management ideas and applies them to e-mail. One notion he presents is that much of your e-mail becomes "dead skeletal husks" and can be thrown away. I'm going to suggest instead that your "old" e-mail can be a great project management tool.
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November 24, 2009 Bruce Benson
Communication, Time Management
IEEE Spectrum ran an article on "Infoglut" in October 2009. The article was light on specific techniques to manage "Infoglut", so here are five related to e-mail that I've found useful for the project manager, or any manager for that matter.
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November 20, 2009 Bruce Benson
Time Management