Entries by vwrona

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Enterprise Collaboration: Save Your Red
Shirts!

by Rob Zell Of the many television shows that have left a lasting impression on American culture, Star Trek led the way by bringing a vision of a bright future of exploration and (mostly) peaceful interactions. One of the most lasting memories of the series was the fate of the lone, red-shirted crewman. His or her […]

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Capacity Planning and Project
Portfolio Management

By Kathy Martucci, PMP Capacity Planning?  There’s an app for that. Actually, there are several apps for that. But wait. Does a piece of software, regardless of how sophisticated it is, ever successfully define and drive a critical business function? The answer should be a resounding “NO!” Let’s look at Capacity Planning from a process […]

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Tangible Benefits of Having
a Well Defined Process

by Bill Flury Our project team was together around the table at our weekly Brown Bag lunch. That’s where we catch up with each other and share our ideas and concerns. George, our team’s work estimator and planner, brought up a subject that had been bothering him. He was upset by the new requirement from […]

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Peace Is Overrated:
Balancing Tension to Maximize Results

by Rob Zell Because work done by today’s knowledge worker is accomplished in teams, learning how to balance the tension in your meetings and on your teams is a crucial survival skill in today’s professional environment. Learn one reliable approach to doing this in Rob Zell’s white paper Peace Is Overrated: Balancing Tension to Maximize […]

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Is Your Organization Ready
for Project Portfolio Management?

By Kathy Martucci, PMP Most of us believe that project portfolio management (PPM) is a good thing…and, it is. After all, what organization wouldn’t want to maximize their return and minimize their risk?  The simple answer is they all do. So what’s the issue? Simply, introducing a concept such as PPM is difficult enough even […]