Professional-PM Project Management
Mon, 2007-10-29 14:25 Top Project Dropout Reasons
A list of the top project dropout reasons - be it employees or freelancers... believe it or not - all of that has happened to me personally either as a project manager or a company owner
Thu, 2007-07-19 01:10 Ignore Job Applicants that Ignore Your Requirements
People sending in applications for a job can just be a pest... read about my conclusions and decisions.
Fri, 2007-06-29 11:05 Understanding Risk Analysis and Risk Management
Understanding and mitigating the risks in your project is the crucial difference between a successful and a failing project manager.
Fri, 2007-06-29 10:48 Staff Training and Organizational Development
The rules of staff training and organizational development apply to all projects - be they internal or externally staffed. Leading projects is about leading people - and if the chemistry doesn't work out, all your excel and ms project sheets are useless.
Tue, 2007-03-06 01:29 PHPAGA - a cool quotation, project management, time tracking, invoicing tool
This is the new kid on the open source project management software block... PHPAGA is a cool quotation, project management, time tracking, invoicing tool
Tue, 2007-01-02 22:14 RentACoder gets better, GetAfreeLancer worse
RentACoder gets better, while GetAfreeLancer get's worse when it comes to provider quality
Wed, 2006-12-13 23:55 Finding Good Staff
Finding good staff poses a challenge for all organizations. It does not matter whether a company is large or small, there are always challenges to finding staff that are qualified, prepared and of a positive mindset. In many ways, you could say that finding staff in itself is not a problem - that is quite easy. Finding good staff is a different matter.Whenever you are looking for manpower, you have the choice of hiring new staff or outsourcing the work. Looking into the future of staff recruitment more challenges are projected.
Now, depending on whether you are operating a small company or you work in the human resources department of a large corporation, your staff recruitment strategies may vary a little. The three best ways to recruit staff is in-house through cross training existing staff, through specialized recruitment agencies, directly from colleges and universities and by word of mouth.
Wed, 2006-12-13 23:52 Triple Constraints of Projects: Quality, Cost & Schedule
The challenge of every project is to make it work and be successful within the Triple Constraint; the Triple Constraint being quality (scope), cost (resources) and schedule (time). These three elements of a project are known to work in tandem with one another. Where one of these elements is restricted or extended, the other two elements will then also need to be either extended/increased in some way or restricted/reduced in some way. There is a balancing of the three elements that only when fully understood by the Project Manager, allows for the successful planning, resourcing and execution of a project. At the end of the day, these are the key elements of a successful project and these are the things that will determine whether or not you have successfully managed a project.Wed, 2006-12-13 23:46 Funky Job Title Mania
Job titles are important for people - even for SEO people
