Elizabeth Harrin shares insights on how social media can support and supplement existing project management techniques. According to Elizabeth Harrin, there’s a change happening in project management: social media tools are finding their way from branding and marketing to the hub of companies and project teams. Project management methodologies are being challenged by the fact…
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Why Team Building Is Not An Event – A conversation with Kirk Weisler
Kirk Weisler shares strategies, behaviors, and, most importantly, the mindset that should guide effective team building. Team building is the process of transforming a collection of individuals into a high performance team. My guest today says that team building is not a one time event. It is more than team exercises and icebreakers. Kirk Weisler,…
How IT Can Deliver New Business Value Every 12 Weeks – Adobe Systems Case Study
Paulette Scheffer, Senior Director of IT Infrastructure & Service Management at Adobe Systems, on how her team Delivers new business value 12-week sprints. I am joined today by Paulette Scheffer, Senior Director of IT Infrastructure & Service Management, to talk about how her team at Adobe Systems delivers business value in 12-week sprints. Paula shares…
The LOE Index: Measuring The Individual Response To Organizational Change
Dr. Victoria Grady shares insights about the Organizational Loss of Effectiveness Index: a quantitative Tool for measuring individual response to organizational change. I am joined today by Dr. Victoria Grady to talk about her Organizational Loss of Effectiveness Index, a quantitative Tool for measuring the individual response to organizational change. The LOE Index is used…
How to Conquer Information Overload – A conversation with Dr. Joanne Cantor
Dr. Joanne Cantor shares insights from her latest book Conquer CyberOverload: Get More Done, Boost Your Creativity, and Reduce Stress. Do we own our electronic gadgets or do they own us? Dr. Joanne Cantor challenges how we think about our relationship to our smartphones, ipods, ipads, and other digital devices. Although these are great tools,…
Insights from Gartner 2011 PPM and IT Governance Summit – A Conversation with Donna Fitzgerald
Donna Fitzgerald, Research VP with Gartner, shares insights from the Gartner 2011 PPM and IT Governance Summit. I had the great pleasure to talk to one the thought leaders that I count on for advice on Program and Portfolio Management. Donna Fitzgerald, Research VP with Gartner, shares with us insights from her four presentations at…
A Fool with a Tool is Still a Fool: Overcoming The Pitfalls of Introducing Collaboration Tools
Thomas Juli, PhD, PMP shares with us what it takes to successfully introduce collaboration tools in our projects. Thomas Juli, PhD, PMP says that as virtual team work becomes prevalent these days, collaboration within and across project teams becomes more important. While numerous tools promise to improve collaboration, a tool by itself is no guarantee…
ITIL Planning Concepts For Project Managers
Marisa Oldnall, PMO Lead for HP Canada’s Enterprise Services, shares key concepts of ITIL and project management best practices that we need to incorporate into our next project. Brought to you by: Project Management Telesummit: March 8-10, 2011 – Don’t miss this opportunity to hear fifteen of today’s leading and emerging voices in Project Management. Joining…
Tangible Tips for Handling the Endless Stress in Project Management
Dr. Steve Flannes shares his insights on the five stress management techniques that have proven successful with project managers. Today, I have the distinct pleasure to chat with Dr. Steve Flannes about his tangible tips for handling the endless stress in Project Management. Dr. Flannes describes why Project management is inherently stressful due to matrix…
Global System Rollouts – Focus on System Integration Challenges
In this interview, I talk with Bipin Shah, President and CEO of Kovair Software, about the challenges and lessons learned integrating a mix of tools to provide an integrated Software Development and IT Lifecycle Management environment for one of the top ten global IT Companies. Kovair’s customer, a global leader in delivering technology solutions to…
