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Project management stories
When managing your stakeholders, it is important to know the dominate behavioral characteristics of your stakeholders. Whereas each stakeholder will not be 100% a junker or 100% procedural, knowing their dominate behavioral characteristics can be very help in several situations. Read More …
A principle that I have employed for several years in the three whys. The theory is you have to ask “why” at least three times to really get the root need, want, or cause. This principle has proofed useful over Read More …
In a matrix environment, a project manager has to build trust and respect for each team member. Not that it is motivating anyway, but you cannot force people to work hard and do a good job, they have to want Read More …
PMI states that 90% of a project manager job is communication. I agree, and long before it was popular, I managed by walking around. Sure, I have always had the weekly status meetings, etc., but I always learned a lot Read More …