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Control Stress - or it will control you
If you don't control stress... It will control you Stress is an important topic for Project Managers. And, when I think about my own biggest Project Management failure, it revolved around stress and a lack of resilience. And I got an...
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Project Management Lessons from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey is a classic. And we can apply each of his classic habits to becoming an effective Project Manager. By the way, you can get a copy from Amazon: https://geni.us/Zulp Habit 1: Be...
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How to Get Your First Project Management Job
Getting your first Project Management job is something of a ‘chicken and egg’ problem… It’s hard to get a Project Management job without experience. But, how can you get experience, without a Project Management job? Break the Cycle The...
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Project Management Lessons from Hagakure, The Book of the Samurai
Hagakure, the Book of the Samurai, was written in the 18th Century. It draws from the words of the Samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. Those words have a lot that a modern Project Manager can learn from. The book was popularised in the movie...
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How to Survey Changes to Your External Business Environment
A wise Project Manager knows that their job is not constrained by the boundaries of their project. You need to be able to Survey Changes to Your External Business Environment. Your project sits within the context of your organization....
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Overload, Overwhelm, and a Yelling Client (Bullying)
Three issues in one video: overload, overwhelm, and yelling clients (bullying). One of the members of our OnlinePMCourses community wrote to me. I was reading the 'Feeling Overwhelmed by Your Project? What to Do' article...
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Top 12 Non-Technical Skills that a Project Manager Needs
It's not enough to know all the technical Project Management skills. To succeed, you need a load of non-technical skills too. Here are my top 12. First, by non-technical, I mean skills that are not the key PM skills like scheduling, risk...
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How to Create a Work Breakdown Structure: A WBS Masterclass
The Work Breakdown Structure (or WBS) is one of the few truly fundamental tools of Project Management. But how do you create one? I am not going to start with activities - despite the fact that this is, linguistically, what the word...
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How to Work with Consultants
Working with consultants is unfamiliar to many project managers and project team members. But, if you do it right, you will get the best possible value from your organization’s investment. So, how do you work with consultants? I was a...
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What is a Statement of Work (SOW)? And what are the different types?
A Statement of Work – often abbreviated to SOW – is a detailed and structured statement of requirements. But what does that mean, and what are the different types of Statement of Work? A Statement of Work is usually a contractual...
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What are a Burndown Chart, a Burnup Chart, and Velocity?
In this video, I want to answer the question, What is a Burndown Chart and a Burnup Chart? And What is Velocity? A Burndown chart is a way to visualize progress. It plots outstanding work against time. So, as you make progress, the work...
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Project Management in Under 5: What is Strategic Project Definition?
If a project definition defines your project, what is a Strategic Project Definition?
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6 More Project Management Hacks in 3 Minutes
Six more short, sharp, easy things you can do that will have big results in improving your project outcomes. 6 More Project Management Hacks to boost your project performance.
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What are RAID, CAD, and DCARI?
Defining your project is a vital task. And there are a lot of things to remember. Fortunately, we have some handy acronyms: RAID, CAD, and DCARI. You may find them helpful - or you may have heard them, and wondered what they mean. So,...
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Should Your Project Have a Second Project Phase?
Mike. We've delivered our project, but now my client/sponsor wants a second project phase. How can I integrate this into my project?' That's a question I a project manager asked me, that triggered this short thought-video, on whether to...
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Handling Contradictions - Aintegration and How Well you Cope with Uncertainty
Handling contradictions is one of the challenges of our work as project managers. As a Project Manager, you need to be able to make decisions, even when you are uncertain about the situation. Your first inclination will be to seek out...
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Project Communication: Stop Using Telegrams - Get Better Project Results
Project Communication is too important. So, stop using telegrams! 'Whoa. I'm too young to even know what they really are.' They are just an old fashioned means of communication. Okay, so I'm exaggerating But too many Project Managers...
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Project Management and Grit
The idea of Grit as a personal quality has become popular, due to the work of researcher, Angela Lee Duckworth. And especially due to her massively popular TED talk and the book she followed it up with, called... 'Grit: The Power of...
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There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather | Bite Sized Project Management Thought from Billy Connolly
The great Scottish comedian, Billy Connolly, said 'There’s no such thing as bad weather. Just the wrong clothes.' [Note after recording: I subsequently learned that this is also a Norwegian proverb. Sorry, Norway.] In this short,...
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Integrating Natural Materials in Sustainable Romanian Home Design
Explore the journey of Hélène and her family in creating a sustainable home in Romania, focusing on the use of natural materials like wood and stone. Discover how they overcame challenges to integrate these materials seamlessly into...
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Grow Community: A Model Eco-Neighborhood on Bainbridge Island
Explore the Grow Community on Bainbridge Island, a sustainable neighborhood designed with innovative methods and eco-friendly materials. Discover how this project, led by Maria Preston and architect Jonathan Davis, focuses on creating a...
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Sustainable Living: A Semi-Underground Eco-Home
Discover the journey of creating a semi-underground eco-home that emphasizes recycling, sustainable materials, and renewable energy. Learn how this innovative house, constructed with local wood and powered by solar energy, integrates...
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ARCA's Demonstrator 2B: A Step Towards the X Prize
ARCA, a Romanian group of engineers and space enthusiasts, has developed a privately funded rocket project called the Demonstrator 2B. Equipped with a new type of reusable rocket motor, this prototype craft serves as a stepping stone...
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Building Virtual LA: UCLA's Urban Simulation Team
The UCLA urban simulation team has been working for over a decade to build a virtual version of Los Angeles called Virtual LA. Led by Dr. Bill Jepsen, the team aims to create a detailed computer model of the entire Los Angeles area,...