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Debacle: Case Study of a Small Project

by Kathy Martucci, PMP: Picture this: a roomful of disappointed and barely civil executives are intently focused on you. The one-page briefing you have prepared seems woefully inadequate to answer their questions and address the situation.…
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Control Your Project
Using the OODA Loop

by Vicki Wrona, PMP: I recently learned about a tool called the OODA loop. While the tool itself was created based on military fighter pilot observations and is now often used to train law enforcement, it has applications for use in business…
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Yes, You Can Negotiate Project
Constraints! Part 1

by Alan S. Koch, PMP, CSM, Certified ITIL Expert: Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on estimating and negotiating project constraints. Estimation Is the Key “This is what we need. You can use these resources. And you must deliver…
Managing Projects Through Requirements
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Managing Projects through
Requirements

by Kathy Martucci, PMP: As project managers, we are accustomed, even mandated, to planning our work and working our plan. We build and examine (and re-examine) Work Breakdown Structures and eventual project schedules. We swear our Gannt…
Planning for Your Organization's PeopleSoft Implementation
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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…
Planning for Your Organization's PeopleSoft Implementation
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Planning for Your Organization’s
PeopleSoft Implementation

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: Editor’s note: This is the third post in a series about implementing PeopleSoft projects. The second post on initial considerations for PeopleSoft implementations can be found here. It’s no accident that…