The Pieces Fit

I am an observer. Patterns and organizational dynamics fascinate me. When I sense a pattern but things are missing, I want to solve for those voids. They don’t

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Pick a Card, Any Card

Sometimes deciding which projects to work feels like a bad card trick: pick a card, any card. Or maybe it’s like being dealt a poker hand. You have

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Baby Steps

Baby steps… we have all heard the mantra, “Crawl before you walk!” In business, we tend to want to sprint towards the finish line and fix things quickly.

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Client Side Delivery

What is Client Side project delivery? In a world where many organizations choose the “buy” option of the “build or buy” software development decision, project management can be

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Cramming For the Test

Thinking back on your school days, do you remember how you responded when your instructors assigned you a term paper? They gave you all the requirements well in

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More Equal Than Others

One of the key lines in George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is, “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” As interesting as this is

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Staking Their Claim

Thus far, we have covered scheduling, cost estimating, and risk assessment and management, among other "getting started" activities. In each of these activities, there are people who are

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A Quick Game of Risk

When my high school buddies realized they had a half an hour or so to spare, one would spontaneously announce, “Let’s play a quick game of Risk.” The

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