Mel Bost

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For over thirty years, I have Studied Project Management Lessons Learned in large corporations and in international settings.  I was a member of a merger team in 2003 at ConocoPhillips that developed a lesson learned framework for capturing, documenting, and disseminating project lessons learned to the world.  In 2011, I traveled to Panama to conduct project management lessons … [Read more...] about Lessons Learned from the novel Covid-19 pandemic in the United States 2020

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For over twenty years, I have worked on project lessons learned in organizations.  There are two different forms of Lessons Learned that project managers and PMO practitioners must understand to fully comprehend the concept of lessons learned. The surface connotation of lessons learned deals with projects as they turn “strategy” into “action” ”in an organization.  … [Read more...] about What a Revelation!!! Behavior Determines Performance

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As project managers, we have all studied the PMBOK—The Project Management Body of Knowledge.  This compilation is a summary of Best Practices and high-level definition of processes in planning and executing a project.  We often think that Developing Business Requirements, Vendor Management, and Risk Management are among those that required the most effort and … [Read more...] about Why “Communication” is the Most Important Competency in Project Management

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Originally posted on https://greaterphoenix.score.org/blog/10-things-do-now-lessen-stress-your-business-during-crisis With the coronavirus continuing to cause concern and physical changes to the way business is conducted in the United States, it is important to remember that crises such as these automatically raise the stress levels among small business owners and their … [Read more...] about 10 Things to do Now to Lessen Stress in your Business During a Crisis

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When small businesses are formed, the owners are most often concerned with day to day operations.  If a small business was launched to provide a product or service, the daily maintenance of that product or service is the chief interest of the business team. The financial viability of the small business is dependent on the immediate revenues generated by the day to day … [Read more...] about The Role of Projects in Small Business