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Successful Delegation: How, When and Why - mindtools
Project Planning - Risks and estimation
by Gerard M Blair The success of a project will depend critically upon the effort, care and skill you apply in its initial planning. This article looks at the creative aspects of this planning.I’ll be attending the AltNetConf . Convenient for me that it’s in Austin, TX. It’s an open space conference, and I consider it the founding conference of a conversation that is “Alt.Net”. I’ll be proposing the topic: What are the Alt.Net principles?
What are the Alt.Net principles? - my answer - Jeffrey Palermo (.com) - CodeBetter.Com - Stuff you need to Code Better!
Are we working harder, under more pressure, but running in place? The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * We can develop and deploy products faster – far beyond our clients’ ability to absorb them. * We can find prospects more easily – but they’re less interested in talking with us. * We have more forecasting tools – but less predictability. * We work harder – but not as hard as the scrappy firms in India and China. I’ve worked with, mentored and observed dozens of companies over the past couple of years. It’s not uncommon for the double whammy of clutter and pressure to make companies and people so busy that they can’t get anything done! The brute force methods that used to work so well, such as “work harder,” “hire more,” “spend more” aren’t true strategic or competitive advantages.
"Pull Management" vs "Push Management"
Time management: How an MIT postdoc writes 3 books, a PhD defense, and 6+ peer-reviewed papers — and finishes by 5:30pm | I Will Teach You To Be Rich
I’m always on the lookout for “hidden gems,” or people who are doing remarkable work that the whole world hasn’t caught on to, yet. Today, I asked my friend Cal Newport to illustrate how he completely dominates as a post-doc at MIT, author of multiple books, and popular blogger. How does he do it all? Cal writes one of the best blogs on the Internet: Study Hacks . His guest post shows how you can take I Will Teach You To Be Rich principles — plus many others — and integrate them into a way to use your time effectively.Why “Motivation by Pizza” Doesn’t Work
My store manager implemented an embarrassing (and happily short-lived) safety incentive: Employees caught violating safety procedure were immediately given a two-foot rubber chicken on a string to wear around their necks–in front of customers. To get rid of the chicken, an employee needed to catch another employee behaving “unsafely.” The practice quickly descended into a game of hot potato, with employees chasing one another around the store in search of the slightest violation to rid themselves of the safety chicken. Source: workingamerica.com’s MyBadBoss contest .
The Ultimate Software Development Office Layout
tmh@possibility.com / More Programmer's Stuff How do you layout your office space to optimize software development? It's a question I don't think has been seriously considered at very many places I have worked. Mostly it's just cubes farms of one variety or another.
Scrappy Project Management
If you are absolutely dependent on your paycheck to survive, do yourself a favor, don't be a project leader! In most of the scrappy high-tech organizations that I have worked in, the role of a project leader cannot be successfully filled by anyone who can't put their job on the line in the pursuit of doing The Right Thing. From the project kick-off, where the project leader may not even be involved, to the attempted premature launch of a less-than-ready-to-ship product, projects run a higgily-piggily route. This real-world path rarely resembles the neat, tidy, well-defined process described in the PMBOK ® Guide . In order to deliver results in the challenging circumstances typical of many business environments, project leaders must be absolutely committed to the success of their projects and leading their team to that success.
By Alan Koch, PMP, Global Knowledge Course Director We've heard it all before. The project sponsor announces, "Here's what I need.
