Category: Project Management

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Have a conversation once or have it over and over forever

When a team is collaborating to create software, there are inevitably issues that come up in “big picture” areas like architecture and process. There are two ways to deal with these: Take some time out from the daily...

Project Management

In an all-day class today

I'm in class all-day today (yes, Saturday - yuck) learning about project management with Microsoft Project....

Project Management

The Fifth Discipline

The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge was mentioned in my Role of the Project Manager class, as a good resource about goal misalignment....

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Theory X and Theory Y

This was mentioned by the teacher in my project management class. The two theories describe hypothetical and conflicting ways in which people are motivated to work. Theory X and Theory Y...

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The Project Management Pocketbook for Palm

I'll have to check this out when I have some more time: The Project Management Pocketbook

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The Abilene Paradox

Another term mentioned in Thursday's project management class. Here are some links that I found on it: Wikipedia c2.com Wiki arl.org...

Project Management

Open Workbench

Just downloaded OpenWorkbench - a free, open source alternative to MicrosoftÂ® Project. From a very cursory glance, it looks pretty sophisticated, although I haven't really tried to use it or compare it to Microsoft Project...