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PMI: Project Management Articles Published Online Can Be Submitted for PDUs

by Alec Satin

Barbara Mauro and a few others have had questions about getting PDUs for articles and other documents published online. These questions have shown up on LinkedIn Project Management discussion groups and the #pmot (project managers on twitter) group. This morning I spoke with a PMI representative, who confirmed that project management articles published online can be submitted for PMP Professional Development Units (PDUs). The same applies to templates and white papers. If you happened to be audited, you would need to be able to verify where and when the item was published. The guidelines talk about “scholarly articles”. It’s up [...]

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Quote – Compromise

by Alec Satin

Sooner or later, we are all asked to compromise ourselves and the things we care about. We define ourselves by our actions. With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success. – Bill Watterson, as quoted in Bits and Pieces Originally posted 2008-07-03 10:15:00.

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PM Twitter Tweets?

by Alec Satin

Here are selected project management and career twitter tweets from the last few weeks.

How can you use these?

Look for project managers to follow @ravenyoung @sreejith_gce
Scan the topics (Project Management Tools, Efficiency and Productivity, etc.) for subjects of interest to you
Read some or all of the twitter tweets!

Take a look – you might find something that could help you on your project, with your career, or in your life. Have a great week. -Alec

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Today Show – How to argue with your spouse

by Alec Satin

Click here to view segment. My wife Lori and I were on the Today Show with (love doctor) psychologist Diana Kirschner to discuss effective arguing with your spouse! Originally posted 2008-01-30 16:30:00.

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Redoubled Customer Focus and Project Management

by Alec Satin

Over the past few weeks I’ve been wowed by business people who have really got customer focus right. As project managers, we can learn a lot from their example. When was the last time you: Identified cost or time saving options for your customer? Anticipated your stakeholders‘ needs? Went out of the way to make all stages of their project easier for them? Being a customer focused project manager means that you make a regular practice of putting yourself in your customer’s place. You make it a point to determine what would make them successful, happy or even less irritated. [...]

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