Don't overestimate what you can do"We overestimate what we can do in one year, but severely underestimate what we can accomplish in fiv e years" is a quote that I heard.
This month, my family celebrates eleven years since we arrived in the USA with six suitcases, $400 in cash and hearts full of hope.
Looking back, the words ring true. In the past eleven years, I have racked up a list of accomplishments, including becoming a master brewer, earning my MBA, serving a term as Director of Marketing for SNEC-PMI, managing IT projects, and so on.
If you think this list is amazing, I submit that you also have accomplished a lot o... more |
Traits that undermine a person's ability to manage projects well.Traits that undermine a person's ability to manage projects well.
1. Inability to build rapport with team members, project sponsors and stakeholders. This is usually determined in the interview stage when a candidates are being screened. If a project manager cannot build rapport with the hiring manager, then they are unlikely to build rapport or credibility with the project team.
2. Reliance on formal power to execute the project. Project managers should build and nurture relationships with the project team, to get work done in collaboration with the project team. Formal power and escalation... more |
What makes an IT Project Manager successful in the real world?I presented the results of my study into "What makes an IT Project Manager successful?" at SNEC-PMI this week. These are expanded on, and augmented in "Beyond The Certification."
1. Get a mentor.
2. Take the offensive. Take the lead.
3. Communicate proactively, consistently.
4. Understand the business drivers.
5. Problem solving. Learn how to do it, and market it.
6. Have network to call on.
7. Show me your scars.
8. Victors, not victims. more |
Win/Win/Win 2012The South Windsor Rotary club auction for 2012 is underway. I am a proud member of this club.
We host the auction every two years and the proceeds fund a lengthy list of good causes in South Windsor and surrounding areas. Scholarships, purchasing equipment and supporting costs for our volunteer fire department, events to help families with special needs children are just some of the many benefits that residents of South Windsor get from this auction.
You can read more here: http://www.rotarysw.org/
So, where does the win/win/win come in? What makes this different from just another solicit... more |
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