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Stories Are the Essence of Learning

November 27, 2018 by Mel Bost Leave a Comment

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A popular book from many years ago has resurfaced.  It is The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman.  It is an excellent book about relationships and the interactions between humans that sustain and enhance relationships.  In the five chapters that introduce the Five Languages, every chapter begins with a story.  The story tells the relationships between two or three participants … [Read more...] about Stories Are the Essence of Learning

What We Need Now Is…

November 19, 2018 by Mel Bost Leave a Comment

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What the world needs… No. Start that over again. What WE need is a simple fact-based framework for getting the best truth we can about the world we live in. For many years, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have been engaged in investigative journalism. Their faces are very familiar because they appear on many newscasts such as CNN and NBC.  They are sought after repeatedly … [Read more...] about What We Need Now Is…

The NERS department congratulates C. Melvin Bost, Jr., on the publication of his new book.

October 23, 2018 by Mel Bost Leave a Comment

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Alumni books: Alumnus Mel Bost authors book on project and process management The NERS department congratulates C. Melvin Bost, Jr., on the publication of his new book. Bost (MS Nuclear Science ’71; Ph.D. Candidacy Certificate ’72; MBA Ross School of Business ’78) is the author of Project Management Lessons Learned: A Continuous Process Improvement Framework, published in June … [Read more...] about The NERS department congratulates C. Melvin Bost, Jr., on the publication of his new book.

Building Future PMO Technology Development “Capability” is the key to Adding “Value”

May 30, 2017 by Mel Bost 1 Comment

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As I work with project managers in many fields, it is becoming more apparent every day that, in the future, new technology development will play a greater role in delivering “value” from project management. Of course, new technology development has been a major part of many projects. Witness the development of electrical components and controls systems in the Panama Canal … [Read more...] about Building Future PMO Technology Development “Capability” is the key to Adding “Value”

Lessons Learned Don’t Have to Imply BIG Process

September 29, 2015 by Mel Bost Leave a Comment

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I have received a number of comments from readers of my blog MEL BOST PMO EXPERT that make the observation that applying the Framework I have stressed in my book, Lessons Learned: Taking Project Management to a New Level, must mean that you have a large business process that needs improvement. However, consider the fact that lessons learned are all around us in everyday … [Read more...] about Lessons Learned Don’t Have to Imply BIG Process

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Mel Bost is a project management consultant specializing in project closeout and lessons learned, as well as process improvement, best practices, and benchmarking. For the past several years, he has been teaching “Project Management for Research” to postgraduate students at Arizona State University, as well as developing new approaches to the research process. Read More

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