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7 questions to tell if you're leadership material
Is it possible to tell, before you accept a promotion, if you're cut out for leadership material? Executive leadership coach John M McKee says, "Yes it is." In this article he provides 7 questions t...
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Data storage: The word of the day is zettabyte
Current IT strategies can manage today's digital universe, but they won't be up to the challenge of solving the problems that will face the next generation of IT managers.
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Employee feedback: Regularity and consistency should be the rule
Doing yearly performance appraisals can be tough, particularly if you've you've failed to keep employees regularly apprised of progress, areas of excellence, or areas that need improvement.
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Is your career ready for the future?
As a result of global trends, in the next few years many smart organizations and smart careerists will fail. In this blog business life John M McKee shares several important forecasts and recommendati...
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Analyze a Microsoft Project 2007 resource management model
In this Microsoft Project 2007 tutorial, Andy Makar shares several approaches to interpreting a resource management model and answers questions that a resource manager might have about a resource pool...
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Six steps to hiring an implementation company
While implementation companies are more alike than different, a wrong choice could literally be a multi-million dollar mistake. Here are six tips on how to engage the right company.
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A tech discussion your CEO will welcome
Marc Schiller follows up on how to improve your CEO's view of technology as a strategic asset for the company.
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Track resources using a Microsoft Project 2007 management model
In this Microsoft Project tutorial, Andy Makar explains the seven steps you need to follow to create a resource management model.
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Why IT security doesn't sell
After a security breach or virus outbreak, companies are always concerned with IT security. But after a few months of normality, the concern fades.
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Project management: The lie of the "three levers"
The three-level theory says that one can move any two of the levers (scope, timeline, or cost) and the other will move independently of the others. In this blog, Patrick Gray disputes that assumption.
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My favorite success strategy
There are many strategies you can use to become more successful, but one in particular may be the best overall. In this article executive and business coach John M McKee shares what it is, who uses i...
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How to make your CEO a massive tech advocate, guaranteed!
CIOs are tasked with promoting a vision and strategy for IT. But CEOs, when you can get theikr ear, aren't really interested in technology. Marc Schiller talks about what you can do to solve this dile...
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Six Sigma tools for the project manager's toolbox
Patrick Gray pushes aside the esoteric set of terminology and traditions that make Six Sigma seem foreign and unapproachable to the layman to talk about its real value.
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Comparing traditional and agile project management estimation techniques
Rick Freedman compares task-based (traditional PM) and feature-based (agile PM) estimation techniques. He also discusses how the agile estimation technique addresses the human element in estimates.
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Is President Obama too smart for his own good?
Some leaders seem to succeed entirely through the power of charisma. Others, perhaps even more knowledgable, fail to get the job done. John M McKee provides his take on why these simple truths may cau...
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Do everyone a favor and take a few days off
Taking your full vacation may seem like a luxury you can't afford in today's climate. But, that decision may actually have a negative impact on your career. In this article, John M McKee explains why...
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6 essential elements for a winning business case
The vast majority of unsuccessful projects fail not because of poor project management, but because of poor decisions with respect to the choice of projects. A good business case helps to make right d...
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My 100-Day Rule
New leaders often want to take their time getting into the new role -- but this may be the worst approach. In this article, author John M. McKee says there's a better way. One that will make it easier...
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Is your project MAD?
Forget deliverable-inspired tasks that produce little useful output. If you want your project management discipline to really shine, apply them to true business objectives.
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Stopping the e-mail bloat: Are your business processes and e-mail the same thing?
If your organization's inboxes are bursting at the seams, it could be that employees are using it as a substitute for more appropriate ways to manage business processes and handle exceptions. Read on ...
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Alignment in action: Web site ranking jumps from 55th percentile to top 5% in less than a year
Scott Lowe tells a great alignment story in which the IT department at Westminster College partnered with other business units to make the relaunch of the college's Web site a tremendous success.
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Use a pilot project to confirm estimates and lessen risks
Tom Mochal illustrates how project managers can use a pilot project to document common procedures, verify estimates, and save time and money.
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Make or break: The IT professional's attitude
Make or break: The IT professional's attitude
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How to "push back" when the boss is wrong
How to "push back" when the boss is wrong
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Sustain and broaden customer focus outside of your projects
As a project manager or business analyst, you have an important role outside the scope of customer projects. By sustaining and broadening a customer focus outside of projects, you and your IT departme...
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What to do when you have to lay off staff
Layoffs are all over the news. Anyone who has ever experienced a layoff know all too well the pain involved. This column,however, is about the flip side of the layoff situation - having to be the one ...
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Developing a business case: Here's how to start
Here's how to get started on developing a business case in no time, whether you're going to write it up or present it in a conversation.
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Experience vs. degree debate to heat up in the future
Experience vs. degree debate to heat up in the future
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Don't assume malice when a mistake may lie at the root of all evil
Don't assume malice when a mistake may lie at the root of all evil
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