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Entries for April, 2008

A Friends Concern

One of my good friends who also happens to be my colleague asked me about an issue that he was having. Fortunately, we don’t have too many of these talks but when it comes up I take it very seriously. He was wondering how the ease of migraines can come from different remedies. I asked [...]

Addressing Change

Due to the nature of having his or her hands in all the pots, the project manager can also address changes that need to be done in the organization and usually have a good reason for it (primarily because the project has halted and may even use the project as a leverage to have change [...]

The Simple Things

So what is the biggest complaint from my business associates? That they have no idea what to do during a baby shower. They are usually given the one simplest thing to do… send out invitations. Unfortunately with a terrible concern of business concerns they have no clue where to start. One of my friends had [...]

Project Management and Change

The project manager has the ability to run projects, develop heuristics in processes, and therefore has a great deal of push for change in an organization. For example, lets say Bob the PM is starting in the third task and finds out that the previous risk management assessment was faulty due to structural changes in [...]

A Business Friend

One of my good business friends was in the process of addressing his concerns with his weight and he wanted me to help him reduce his body mass index (BMI). I told him the best way to do so would be a diet and exercise. He stated to me that he needed an increasingly effective [...]

PM’s Job Function

What should a PM do? The PM will be able to address concerns and constraints and complete the project in the best time or resource possible. Allocating certain resources, developing tangible goals, and increasing potential project variables is all a part of the project managers job. Another value to the organization is the ability for [...]

Slim Packages

One of the organizations I provide consulting services to had asked me to find them a quick way to reduce overall costs of their organization. Their main concern was that they had loose ends that they knew they had (which was the easy part) and finding ways to help reduce costs. I told the CFO [...]

If I….

If I were a project manager………..my value to my organization would be the ability to complete projects within the allocated resources. I will also give critical feedback to the organization and sign off person (weather that be the CEO, CFO, etc). The biggest concern for any PM is the ability to utilize resources so that [...]

GPS Business Tracking

One of my clients owns a fleet of trucks and he was looking to find a way that he could monitor his equipment. I told him the best way to do so is to get a gps tracking system and make his drivers aware that he is looking to add it to his trucks (for [...]

Building Relationships

If you are building business relationships, it is extremely necessary for you to build your relationships based on concrete and developed relationships that are positive. That, I know, isn’t always ideal or the case but it should be something you strive for. Here is an example. You have irate customer who is looking to take [...]