Welcome to my project management site
Announcements
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The Wideman Education Foundation ("WEF" 2007) is a registered charity tax-exempt status under the Canadian
Federal Government Income
Tax Act. WEF offers a win-win opportunity for donors and sponsors with a simple value proposition:
• Project competitions that introduce high school students to basic
project management skills and experience
• Identification of enthusiastic students capable of teamwork and team leadership that
benefit both family and community
• Planting the seeds of
a future project-ready workforce for companies in need of project talent
"Great oaks from little acorns grow"
Find out more HERE
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NEW!
The Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms
Version 5.0 is now available
(See What's New in Version 5.0)
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A Management Framework for Project,
Program and Portfolio Integration? (ISBN
1-4120-2786-1, 260 pp, 2004) expands on my original
well-known book A
FRAMEWORK for Project and Program Management INTEGRATION published by the
Project Management Institute in
1991. Find out more HERE and order
your copy HERE.
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Project management tip of the month
The tolerance principle: A project that has no tolerance in any of scope, quality, time or cost, is simply not viable.
New information added monthly
February 2010 - Most people now recognize that project management is a positive force in almost every field of endeavor. So, is it not time that we introduced it into school activities, even into the learning process? Jeremy Schneider, in his recent book Chalkbored: What's Wrong with School & How to Fix It, seems think so. So, take a look at School Projects: A New Vision of Education in our latest Musings.
You've got your "PMP", you've got a new project and now you're wondering where to start? You need two must-have handy little pocket-size how-to guides: Project Management Memory Jogger™ (Regular and Advanced) By Paula Martin, Karen Tate and Cynthia Stackpole. Read our review in Papers.
How do you Gain Value from a Project Management Model and how do you sustain that value? Read our Guests' in-depth and practical Case Study by Eva Riis and Pernille Eskerod from Denmark.
A new Issacon in a similar vein -
1362c Integrative Action: How well is our team doing? A simple test to find out. We have also updated Issacon forms 1208a Business Case: Strategy and 1208b Business Case: Content.
January 2010 - Are you really a "natural" project manager? Are your behavioral attributes aligned to project success? In-depth research by our Guest, Dr. Paul Giammalvo, into Behavioral Profiles of Successful Project Managers establishes a connection between a person's behavioral attributes and their potential as a successful project manager. Those working in the construction industry should read the Paper by Revay and Associates Limited on Managing Construction Projects: Best Practices in Good Times and Bad. Part 1 looked at types of contract, change orders and constructability issues, among others. Part 2 looks at pricing, scheduling, and performance issues among others. In Musings Tom Mochal suggests three ways for Managing Small Change Requests.
December 2009 - Working in management in the construction industry? Then read Part 1 of a two-part Paper on Managing Construction Projects: Best Practices in Good Times and Bad presented by experienced construction practitioners at Revay and Associates Limited. Projects galore are piling up for the future. Our Guest Bruce Hollands explains why a paradigm shift is needed in Managing Canada's Underground Infrastructure and, for that matter, likely worldwide. Still employed? Congratulations! Here's how to keep it that way in 30 ways to avoid being fired - just another Musings but don't take it too seriously.
Two new Issacons this month:
1359g Tips for Project Managers - Part 1 on communication and
1359g1 Tips for Project Managers - Part 2 on time and position management. Also updated are:
1359 The Project Manager;
1359b Recruiting Project Managers;
1365a The Project Manager & Politics;
1432b Spreading the Word; and
1443 Handling Effective Project Meetings.
Helpful information for people in a hurry
It is not for me to tell you how to run your project
— that's
your decision. Nor am I trying to teach you about
project management
— there are plenty of excellent books and courses
to do that.
You see, any fool can make things complicated, my goal is to keep
it simple! Go to the site map
to see all
site content listed by subject area.
The site map lists extensive information on project management.
To find what you are looking for, use the Search
My Site link on
the left of each page to reach the Google search panel.
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Issacons stands for Issues and Considerations and are sets of
slides providing summary information responding to a specific
question associated
with a particular project management topic.
Designed to save hours of searching when all you want is
a simple checklist, they provide the reader with succinct
information. Issacons are
more detailed than a plain bulleted list.
To view slides as text, click the "A" button on
the right side of the slides.
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A free-on-web comparative glossary (version 3.1) designed to show how many common terms mean different
things to different people, thereby leaving you free to create your own distinct version for your particular project.
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Points of view from other contributors.
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Papers and Book Reviews: Thought provoking and valuable insights into project management. Books I
have written.
Hence, more successful projects
and more of them that are successful. |
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My thoughts on various incidental project management topics. |
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