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7 Marks of a Great Project Management Office

by Alec Satin

Bad project management offices (PMO)s are easy to describe. You may have had to work with one at some point. Notice the words, had to work with one. People will do anything possible to minimize their interactions with a bad PMO. Poor PMOs don’t care. They have little contact with the people in the organization actually doing the work. Their focus is on compliance by force. Communication flows one way – from them to you.

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Developing a Consistently Positive Attitude – Key 1 to Being a Wildly Successful Project Manager

by Alec Satin

Here are the 10 Keys to being a Wildly Successful Project Manager:

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.

With all the fear and confusion around right now stemming from the world economic situation, I thought it might be useful to return to some of the basics of project management leadership touched upon in 10 Keys to Being a Wildly Successful Project Manager.
Developing a [...]

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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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