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Trapped In Meetings?

By Kathy Garland No one can argue that most companies spend too much time in meetings. Too many agenda items, too many things to accomplish in too little time, no guidelines, no clear understanding of the real purpose of the meeting are things…
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SME Creep: When a Project Manager Slowly Loses
Authority to a Subject Matter Expert

By Darrell G. Stiffler, PMP: Subject matter experts (SMEs) are generally a very valuable asset to a project manager (PM). However, as a PM, you must be prudent in how much authority and control is given to or taken by a SME. Additionally,…
Managing Projects with Limited Authority
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Managing Projects with
Limited Authority

by Lana Boiko, PMP Perhaps the most common environment a typical project manager works in is a matrix organization.  Given this circumstance, a lot of project managers not only have no formal authority when it comes to our clients, but…
PMO - How Do We Establish One?
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PMO – How Do We Establish One?

By Bruce Beer, PMP: Note: This is the fourth post in a series on PMOs. Read part 1 What is a PMO and What Does It Do?, part 2 PMO Business Value and Impact, or part 3 PMOs – Why Might I Need One?. In the previous three blogs in this…
Missing Dimensions of Project Management
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Missing Dimensions Of
Project Management?

By Dr. Gerald Mulenburg, PMP: Have we (meaning me, at least) been missing what project management is all about? One of my favorite ways of thinking about the complexity of project management has been to compare it to completing a puzzle…
Missing Dimensions of Project Management
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PMOs – Why Might I Need One?

By Bruce Beer, PMP: Note: This is the third post in a series on PMOs. Read part 1 What is a PMO and What Does It Do or part 2 PMO Business Value and Impact. In the previous two blogs in this series we looked at what a PMO is, and the…