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All of us have, at one time or another, been involved in conflicts. These conflicts may involve not only individuals, but families, groups, or even nations. If conflicts are not managed or dealt with, they could escalate out of control causing a great deal of unexpected damage. Same is true Read more…
Just like Kerzner mentions in his book, Kerzner’s Project Management, conflicts are a way of life in a project. You cannot make a project without having at least one conflict, which normally is something to do either with the project’s objectives or with the team itself. Since there is no Read more…
It’s a well-known fact that time is irreplaceable! Many a times I have found myself saying that “I have so much to do but so little time ” or ” I have enough time I will work on it later!” There are times where we find ourselves and colleagues working Read more…
Managing the communication within a project is never an easy task – the larger the team and the more teams that are involved, the more difficult it can become without proper foundation, follow-through, and consistency. This is an area that hits close to home to my interests and I am Read more…
Project Managers and Time Management Time. We all have the same amount of time in a day, a week and a year, but how we manage our time is what sets us apart. Some people have trouble with time management and other have their day planned out by the hour. Read more…
We can talk all day about different project management styles and why they’re successful, but just as important as it is to analyze success stories, it’s just as, if not more, important to recognize major managerial failures to learn from what went wrong. As chapter 2.8 says in the textbook: Read more…
Are All Types of Project Management Power Equal? In Chapter 5 of Harold Kerzner’s Project Management textbook, he takes a deep dive into the role that authority and power play in being an effective project manager. The project manager uses this clout to motivate team members to complete a project. Read more…
In this chapter, the book discusses a lot of concepts and issues that are associated with both the functional manager and the project manager. I wanted to go over and compare the two roles in terms of availability, responsibility and power. This will mostly be taken from section 5.12 but Read more…
Not sure how many people in here play any TCG’s but I love me some Magic: The Gathering. The ancestor of basically all modern Trading Card Games project management is a never ending cycle of R&D. Magic: The Gathering is a 20+ year old TCG(Trading Card Game) and since Mark Read more…
Disney theme parks are known for being the “Happiest Place on Earth” or “The Most Magical Place on Earth” and all of it could not have been done without Walt Disney’s engineers and good project management. In the recent reading, there was a section that talked about a project life Read more…