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• BAs and PMs working together (part 4)

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  In this final instalment of the ‘working together’ series, I’ll be looking at how to improve the working relationships between project managers and business analysts.Changing working relationships is often more about culture than concrete tasks, but there are some things you can do to smooth any blips in the way ...
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• Decision Making is Essential to Good Project Management

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 147
  I find that in most organizations people complain about decision making. It seems that nobody wants to make a decision and I think the reason is obvious. read more
  2 days ago

• What’s new: Genius

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  The phone connection cuts out and I’m left listening to nothing.  Over in Canada Christophe Borlat, General Manager of Genius Inside, is also holding a dead phone.  No matter.  We’re on a web conference, so he types on his screen and I can read the new plan:  forgot phone lines, let’s talk on Skype.  A ...
  5 days ago

• BAs and PMs working together (part 3)

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  Last week I wrote about what project managers value when working with business analysts.  This week I want to focus on what we don’t.Don’t worry: it’s not that bad!The differences in the ways that project managers work and the ways that business analysts work means that it’s not always easy to work ...
  1 week ago

• The Blog Awards!

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  The lovely people at Computer Weekly announced the winners of the IT Blog Awards last night at a presentation at Shoreditch House.  And I’m really pleased to say that – thanks to you all – I won the Project Management category!  I was also the runner up in the IT Professional Female category – Flynny’s ...
  1 week ago

• Giveaway: last few days

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  It’s not too late to enter the giveaway for a copy of Sharm Manwani’s book  IT-Enabled Business Change.You can add your name to the hat: provided I get your entry before Tuesday.  Find out how to enter here, and you could have this book as a Christmas present!No guarantees it will get to you by [...]Related ...
  2 weeks ago

• BAs and PMs working together (part 2)

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  Last week I wrote about the way that project managers work, and how this relates to OTOBOS.  This week I want to explain what project managers value in our working relationships with business analysts.Project managers see BAs as architects.  They are detailed, they decide on and build solutions, they work in a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Book review: Friends with Benefits

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  What a great title for a book about social media marketing.  No Starch Press has a habit of turning out great books – I’ve recently reviewed Growing Software: Proven Strategies for Managing Software Engineers: Big Strategies for Managing Small Software Companies for The Computer Journal and that was also a ...
  2 weeks ago

• How project managers can deal with fixed price contracts

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 147
  Being an independent consultant I have come to like the fixed price contract. For most of my work I fly solo. read more
  3 weeks ago

• BAs and PMs working together (part 1)

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  About a month ago I spoke at the Business Analysis Conference about how project managers work, and how business analysts and project managers can work together more successfully.  As you can imagine, telling a room full of BAs that project managers don’t want to hear all that detail and analysis paralysis was ...
  3 weeks ago

• Vote for me!

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  This is a shameless plug:  I’ve been nominated in the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards again this year and I would love to keep the title I won last year in the project management category.  I have also been nominated in the ‘best female IT professional’ category, and it would be nice to give the [...]Related ...
  3 weeks ago

• Complexity in mega IT projects

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  “Everyone thinks they are the big boss,” says Laura Aziz.  “Everyone thinks they are managing the others.”  It’s one of the complexities that Laura is managing as part of putting the IT systems into a massive 7-star hospital in the Middle East: complete with wifi, electronic mediccal records and video ...
  3 weeks ago

• Book review (and giveaway): IT Enabled Business Change

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  “Change happens in organisations,” writes Sharm Manwani.  “Sometimes you have a choice – to be in the driving seat, ride as a passenger or not to get onto the bus.  At other times the choice is made for you.”IT-Enabled Business Change is a book about – surprise! – change in organisations.  But it’s ...
  4 weeks ago

• Happy International Project Management Day!

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  It’s International Project Management Day!  At least, I think it is.   PMI celebrated on 3rd November (although their UK Chapter is celebrating on the 17th and their Greece Chapter on the 6th), IIL celebrated yesterday and I actually have 17th November in my diary – not sure where that came from.Regardless – ...
  4 weeks ago

• Project Managers Need to Understand Queuing Theory

  
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  I was at the store the other day to pick up a few items. I found what I wanted and walked to the front checkout counters. There I found a long line of people waiting to be checked out. read more
  4 weeks ago

• Carnival of Project Management #29

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  Welcome to the October/November 2009 edition of the Carnival of Project Management.  Lots of good links for your entertainment, including one from Anticlue.  Yey, healthcare IT!Josh Nankivel presents How Do You Define Project Management To Your Friends? posted at pmStudent.com, saying, “This one generated a lot of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Giveaway winner: The Lazy Project Manager

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  Congratulations to Lissa, from Eugene, Oregon, who won a signed copy of Peter Taylor’s book The Lazy Project Manager.Lissa, your book is on its way – enjoy!Related posts:Giveaway winner! Congratulations to Norma from Northumberland who’s name was first out of the hat for the copy of Rita Mulchay’s book PM ...
  4 weeks ago

• Project managers on Twitter

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  Who are the project managers on Twitter?  This video was shot at the PMI Global Congress North America, where I met some of the project managers behind the ‘@’ signs.You can follow us all by searching for #pmot on Twitter.Related posts:Orlando here we come! I’m busy preparing for the PMI North America Congress ...
  5 weeks ago

• What do project managers value?

  
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  Most project managers and project management organizations tend to shy away from the use of earned value management. read more
  5 weeks ago

• It’s Equal Pay Day!

  
  Project Management Resources, Templates, Books, Tools, News :: PMToolbox — Authority: 149
  The Equality Bill is still – yawn – going through Parliament.  And while I’m not a huge fan, the Bill does include reforms on equal pay laws, and that I support.  Who wouldn’t want more money?Seriously though, the statistics are shocking:39% of male project managers earn over £50k, but only 19% of female ...
  5 weeks ago

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