Telling Truth to Power: Do We Have What It Takes to Manage Up?
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Initial Considerations of a PeopleSoft Project

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: Editor’s note: This is the second post in a series about implementing PeopleSoft projects. The first post on whether PeopleSoft is right for your organization can be found here. Your organization just purchased…
Telling Truth to Power: Do We Have What It Takes to Manage Up?
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Choosing PeopleSoft – Is it Right for Your Organization?

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: I have been involved in PeopleSoft implementations for over 10 years – before the product was web-enabled, in fact. Overall, the product is extremely robust and offers literally thousands of functional threads…
Getting to Know You – Project Stakeholder Management
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Getting to Know You –
Project Stakeholder Management

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: You’d swear that you and your team are doing everything possible to create buy-in, communicate to and assist your stakeholders.  Your stakeholders think you ignore them, hide things and hinder their progress.…
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Who Knew? Project Management as an Ancient Study

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: Strength, balance and flexibility… basic foundations of yoga AND good project management. Try this: the next time you’re in a particularly galling meeting, inhale deeply through your nose all the way from…
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Non-Productive Team Members – Who’s Responsible?

By Kathy Martucci, PMP What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when someone speaks of a non-productive team member? Is it, “Well, he needs to shape up!”? Maybe, maybe not. We can all agree that ultimately the team member…
Telling Truth to Power: Do We Have What It Takes to Manage Up?
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Telling Truth to Power: Do We Have What It Takes to Manage Up?

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: How many times have we been told that we need to “manage up”?  When someone says that, we all know what they mean.  Or do we?  What do we really need to do to manage up? It’s been said that managing…