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It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Sounds just like project management!
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August 18, 2011 Bruce Benson
Change Management
The FBI Sentinel project had been problem-plagued and had converted over to Agile. The Sentinel project in turn had sprung out of the FBI’s “Virtual Case File” system which was considered a failure. I'm always interested in lessons learned from projects that struggle to be successful.
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July 9, 2011 Bruce Benson
Change Management
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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Is project management quality just a belief? While this notion has merit, I think it can easily lead us down the wrong path.
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December 20, 2010 Bruce Benson
Quality
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The problem with being a good project manager, or any kind of good manager, is that often your project or organization is running along too smoothly. You stay on top of the issues and continuously improve the way you do things based upon feedback from your team and customers. Boring!
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August 17, 2009 Bruce Benson
Communication