I've been applying agile development techniques all of my career. Working on a multi-disciplinary team, where everyone pitches in, using iterative and incremental development just feels natural. At Magardi, we would release a new production quality build once a month. At Cognos, we applied other elements of agile techniques like product backlogs and sprints (though we didn't call them that). So [...]
Last week I received the following letter from a client. I thought I would share it with you. I would like to make the very highest recommendation for Projerra's VisuAL PM Knowledge Area Charts. For a Project Manager who thinks graphically, I consider these an essential tool on your personal project management toolkit. Not just for passing the test, but for [...]
Recently I was speaking with the leader of an organization. He was concerned about his team. The team had experienced significant growth over the past 6 months (from 2 to 6 employees) and he was concerned that some of the team members were not as independent as he was hoping they would be. My first question to him was how much [...]
In the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey popularized the idea of the four quadrants of time management. Steven Covey advises us that we should stay in the quadrants that deal with important matters and that we find a balance between managing those items that are important/urgent and important/non-urgent. Unfortunately, I’ve seen many project managers slip into the belief [...]
About a month ago I attended a PMI OVOC luncheon on Web 2.0 and Project Management. The seminar was quite enlightening. The speaker talked about the use of blogs and wikis for project/teams communications. He also mentioned web based project management tools to facilitate communication and status reporting about the schedule. I came away from the lunch feeling energized about the [...]
OK - so I've jumped on the bandwagon. A few weeks ago, I created a Twitter account and I've been sending and receiving tweets from friends, colleagues and groups every since. I've become fascinated by the real time nature of the communication, and thinking that this applications would be great in a group/project setting. There are many times when I'm in [...]
Earlier today a friend sent me a link to a review of Google Wave. While the article goes on to explain why Google Wave is not ready for prime time, yet, I'm excited by the possibilities and I'm looking forward to using it on a project at some point in the future. There are several features that I find particularly interesting [...]
Projerra is happy to announce the first release of its new product VisuAL PM® Interactive (www.projerra.ca/interactive). VisuAL PM® Interactive is an online learning environment that will appeal to those project management students who like to explore the information that they are learning about. It is not a series of slides. It is not a series of questions or flashcards. VisuAL PM® [...]
I've been a manager of application development teams for a number of years. I've managed small teams and large teams. I've managed in start-ups as well as multi-nationals. And over the years, I've noticed a disturbing trend. When it comes to recruiting, hiring managers seem to be more concerned about what one has done in the past rather than what one [...]
Projerra is looking for Partners who would are interested in: reselling VisuAL PM® products via their web store for a percentage of the revenue or receiving a referral bonus for every client that you refer to Projerra who buys a product from the Projerra web store, or offering their PMP® study aids for sales on the Projerra website for a percentage [...]
