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Do you dare make the 7-fold commitment to your life?

by Alec Satin

Will you come to the end of your life wishing you had done something else? The Daily Minder’s recent
post on Precious Human Life started me thinking about the choices that guarantee a life of full aliveness.
The PM and Personal Oomph
A project manager is by definition a leader. That personal essence that she brings into everything she does will speak louder than anything else she may wish to communicate.
Your personal oomph can be clarified and turbo-charged by making what I call a 7-fold commitment to your life.
What is a 7-fold commitment to life?
A 7-fold commitment is your scope statement for an excellent life. By making these seven [...]

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Be a Wildly Successful Project Manager – Do What You Say You’re Going To Do

by Alec Satin

Here are the 10 Keys:

Develop a consistently positive attitude.
Make wise choices.
Believe in your abilities.
Be a master at setting goals and achieving them.
Have a clear vision of what success means to you and to
your project.
Develop steady, positive habits.
Show persistence.
Over-communicate.
Be transparent.
Do what you say you will do without exception.

This is item 10 in the Being a Wildly Successful Project Manager Series. You can read the first article here.
Let your Yes Be Yes
One of the quickest ways to be effective on your project is to consistently do what you say. This means you do exactly what you say. You do it when [...]

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PM Beyond the Triple Constraint – Have you Checked Your People Skills Lately?

by Alec Satin

Why Another Project Management Blog?
As project managers we generally work hard and want to do a good job. It seems to me that the most effective project managers are able to pull people together. Their team members enjoy working with them and tend to deliver. While often innate, such people skills may be learned. As a project manager, the few minutes you spend focusing on the soft skills in this blog may provide the greatest return on your time investment all week.
My Credentials
I am a working Project Manager (PMP) with 20 years IT experience. I have a Bachelor of Science [...]

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Is the Project Manager an Overseer?

by Alec Satin

(Image by dunechaser on flickr)
Intro
Which of the following vignettes are closest to your model of a good project manager?
James
James sees himself as the boss. His Microsoft Project
schedule is taken down to the 4 hour level. All assigned resources
are expected to provide detailed status reports by Friday 4pm. All
task assignments are reviewed in his Monday morning project status
meeting. James reviews every task for quality, and sends most back for
rework. He often makes final changes to team member deliverables
himself to ensure that they are up to his personal standards.
Kathy
Kathy also keeps detailed Microsoft Project schedules. She sends email updates with links to [...]

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10 Ways to Destroy the Effectiveness of Your Project Management Office (PMO)

by Alec Satin

For every PMO that delivers on its initial promise, there are two that hobble along, never really achieving much in terms of bottom-line benefit to customers, project managers, stakeholders or the business itself.
It’s pretty easy to eliminate most if not all benefits of a Project Management Office. Which of the following hold true for your PMO?

Make sure to set up a climate of fear. Emphasize the penalties of non-compliance. Use the stick and not the carrot.
Make sure to locate the program office as far away from the project managers as possible. Extra points if you make communication hard by limiting [...]

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