Project Practitioners

A practical view of common issues, and how to deal with them as well as tips and techniques from the field in the world of project, program, and portfolio management.

Challenge Directly
By Chris Cook, PMP

READ TIME: 5 minutes Radical Candor, written by Kim Scott, delves into two important aspects of communicating with your team. Care personally and challenge directly are discussed in depth throughout... Read More»

Posted at 7:00 AM on October 1, 2019 | Permalink
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Care Personally
By Chris Cook, PMP

Posted at 7:00 AM on September 24, 2019 | Permalink
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Highlights - Creating an Environment for Successful Projects
By Randy Englund

Organizations that get better results from its projects make consistent and continuing efforts to nourish the environment for selecting and executing projects. The process can start with a survey to... Read More»

Posted at 12:23 PM on September 21, 2019 in [Books We're Reading], Books, Business Knowledge, Business Value, Communication, Integration Management, PMO, Stakeholders & Sponsors | Permalink
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Tags: environment, project management

Highlights - The Complete Project Manager Integrates People, Organizational, and Technical Skills
By Randy Englund

Abstract Success in any environment largely depends upon completing successful projects, and successful projects get done by skilled project managers and teams, supported by effective project sponsors. That depends upon... Read More»

Posted at 12:10 PM on September 21, 2019 in [Books We're Reading], Business Value, Change Management, Communication, Integration Management, Interaction Skills, Project Manager Development, Stakeholders & Sponsors | Permalink
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Tags: complete project manager

Level 5 Leaders
By Chris Cook, PMP

“Level 5 leaders look out the window to apportion credit to factors outside themselves when things end up well (and if they cannot find a specific person or event to... Read More»

Posted at 7:00 AM on September 17, 2019 | Permalink
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Tighten It Up!
By Chris Cook, PMP

READ TIME: 5 minutes Summer baseball tends to drag on and on. The dog days of summer never apply more appropriately than to baseball in August. In one particular game,... Read More»

Posted at 7:00 AM on September 10, 2019 | Permalink
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Lead From the Back
By Chris Cook, PMP

READ TIME: 5 minutes When envisioning a leader, the person at the front of the line carrying the big stick is what comes to mind. Pointing in different directions with... Read More»

Posted at 7:00 AM on September 3, 2019 | Permalink
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PMI Goes Agile
By Alan Zucker

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is making a bold pivot toward agile. As a project manager and an agilist, I am excited by these moves. At the same time, it... Read More»

Posted at 12:33 PM on August 30, 2019 in Project Management Tools | Permalink
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The Low-Information Diet
By Chris Cook, PMP

READ TIME: 5 minutes Do you ever feel like you need to know everything at all times? What is this person doing? Where is that person? How is this equipment... Read More»

Posted at 7:00 AM on August 27, 2019 | Permalink
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It All Comes Full Circle
By Chris Cook, PMP

READ TIME: 5 minutes Jiu jitsu has a fantastic way of linking movements together that start to feel familiar and have connectivity. Class starts with a takedown leading to a... Read More»

Posted at 7:00 AM on August 20, 2019 | Permalink
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