Many of the followers of my blog will recall my references to the principles and work of Lou Tice of The Pacific Institute. Lou Tice was a teacher and a leader who guided the development of many managers in large and small organizations. His "Achieving Your Potential" and "Investment in Excellence" Programs have been a mainstay for internal development of key personnel for … [Read more...] about Project Managers, Make Bold Plans AHEAD of Acquiring Resources, Competencies and Capabilities
Book Review: “Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers” by Anthony Mersino
Avid readers of my PMO blog will know that one of my favorite topics is the activity and behavior and resulting performance of project managers in a Program Management Office (PMO) setting. I have written numerous "essays" on this subject based on my observation of project manager behavior in the past twenty years or so. Although to this point, I have not reviewed a book on … [Read more...] about Book Review: “Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers” by Anthony Mersino
Always Remember: You Did Not Invent Project Management (and Neither Did Al Gore)
I really enjoyed watching the Open Championship last weekend. It is the oldest golf championship in the world, dating back several hundred years. The Open Championship, which is known more completely as the British Open Championship, draws the best golfers from all over the world to courses in England and Scotland in mid-summer every year to compete for the … [Read more...] about Always Remember: You Did Not Invent Project Management (and Neither Did Al Gore)
For All Competencies and Capabilities, the Little Things Count Just as Much as the Big Ones
I once worked for a Manager in a Project Office for a major corporation who assigned various responsibilities to his project staff members so that our group objectives of being the benchmark organization for both project management and process management could be assured on an ongoing basis. As an organization, we had just moved into a new building. At that time, conference … [Read more...] about For All Competencies and Capabilities, the Little Things Count Just as Much as the Big Ones
The Development of Project Management and Project Risk Management Practices: A Real World Example–The Panama Canal
As most readers of my blog already know, in summer 2011 I traveled to Panama to facilitate two courses in Project Closeout and Lessons Learned for the Panama Canal Construction Division. The Panama Canal Authority is engaged in a Canal Expansion Program which is scheduled to complete in August 2014 which happens to be the Centennial of the opening of the original Panama Canal … [Read more...] about The Development of Project Management and Project Risk Management Practices: A Real World Example–The Panama Canal
