project-manager Archive
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Project Manager as Enabler of Business Value
Posted on January 7, 2010 | No CommentsThe roles and skills of IT professionals are shifting and project managers will be well served if they cultivate a personal brand of enabling business value. … … “enabler jobs such as business enterprise architects, business technologists, systems analysts and project managers will be most... -
Agile Team Lead Role
Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments -
SpinOff and Divestitute IT Projects
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsNot all IT projects are growth, efficiency, or talent enablers. Periodically, IT needs to support divestiture or spin-offs. These types of projects often can involve segmenting / securing the divested business in the existing enterprise systems, so that temporary IT services can be extended for... -
Project Turnaround
Posted on October 24, 2009 | No Comments -
Project Manager to Police the Street
Posted on October 20, 2009 | No CommentsNice career move for technology project manager with financial and fraud experience … … “Storch has a strong background in technology systems and project management, Khuzami said in a statement. He will help to make us more efficient and nimble, and permit us to put... -
Experience Matters
Posted on September 29, 2009 | No CommentsGovernment technology organizations are learning (the hard way?) that experience matters. A project organization should have a mix of experience and skills, so that a pipeline of talent is being developed by more senior staff and there is adequate diversity of situational experience. … …... -
Project Managers Dig Deeper
Posted on September 17, 2009 | No CommentsProject managers perform the smell test on key measures of success and do not always accept the immediate answer without appropriate validation. Ultimately, the steering team is placing their trust in the project manager to execute on the plan, but also to understand the full... -
Project Leadership and Management
Posted on August 8, 2009 | 1 Comment -
Halt Who Goes There ?
Posted on July 20, 2009 | No CommentsThe VA executes a reset on the under-performing segment of its project portfolio. … … “Each of the 45 projects will be temporarily halted. No further development will occur and expenditures will be minimized. A new project plan that meets the requirements of Program Management... -
Project Managers Seek Points of View through Collaboration to Gain Strength
Posted on May 22, 2009 | No CommentsIn a challenging phase of your project? Not sure what scenario will play out? Feel the weight on your shoulders as project manager? Hold steady on the tiller. And, open up and collaborate, per Bernanke, to educate yourself and your team on the opposing points...
