and Why That Puts Our Projects in Peril Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP I was coming home from a family holiday event, and my wife and I got into a discussion on the Narcissus-ization of our culture. I was so fascinated... Read More»
Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP Risk management is more than just the fine art of predicting what may happen and coming up with strategies for those eventualities. It is the art of doing all of that and still being able to... Read More»
Being calculating...but not cold... From political showdowns to summer drought to violence overseas to violence in our own backyards, there's a LOT of scary stuff going on. It seems all but endless. But it's notable that we go on about... Read More»
I had a compelling experience over a recent quarter where I began to suspect a client was actually conducting behaviors that would lead to my failure. They had given me erroneous information about our upcoming event, sharing information with participants... Read More»
How Crystal Clarity on Your Risk Perspectives Creates a Positive Risk Culture Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP Do you know me? I get asked that question a lot. I've had thousands of students through the years, and invariably one will walk... Read More»
by Carl Pritchard There's now less than a year to go until we hit 2012, the year that the Mayan calendar runs out; the year of endless calamity; the year that the world is supposed to cave in on us.... Read More»
We have a wonderful opportunity to crawl into the headspace of those we work with, and we're often unaware of the opportunity -- or of the power of that opportunity. On projects, in our day-to-day with others, if we need... Read More»
Ten Techniques to Appear Less Frustrated with Your Project by Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP, EVP Coming back from vacation, you would think that we'd suddenly all be far more accommodating, understanding and relaxed. Strangely enough, I seem to note that... Read More»
by Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP, EVP Let's get the negatives out of the way now. Joblessness. The spill in the Gulf. Foreclosures. That annoying pest in the next cube. There. We all have negatives. But if ever there was a... Read More»
(for stakeholders, risks, the WBS and just about everything else in project management) by Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP, EVP I confess to being a hat fan. I love them. My first real hat (beyond baseball caps and other sports caps)... Read More»