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Comment on Crossderry Wordle — 28 August 2008 by Does your email pass the Wordle test?

Does your email pass the Wordle test? — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:27:10 +0000

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Comment on PM Quote of the Day — Harold J. Smith by lightkeeper54.com » Blog Archive » Quote—Harold J. Smith

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:57:41 +0000

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Comment on PM Quote of the Day — Carol Burnett by Yousuf Siddiqui

Yousuf Siddiqui — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:51:00 +0000

Hello there,

I am Yousuf Siddiqui and I provide coaching to leaders and organizations.
I refer to my work as Business Performance Coaching. I increase my clients’ effectiveness by thinking through their most burning issues with them and creating plans to get tangible, measurable and specific results.

I want to connect with you and follow you on your blog. I hope to learn from you and exchange thoughts with you.

Thanks,
Yousuf Siddiqui,

Comment on Which PM “faux pas” make your hair stand on end? by Lheimer

Lheimer — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:18:46 +0000

double negatives in a sentance!

Comment on Which PM “faux pas” make your hair stand on end? by Eugenio Magnone

Eugenio Magnone — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:47:15 +0000

Most methodologies (e.g. PMI, Prince2) do not make very clear distiction between risks and issues.
Therefore Black Letter Law requires a common glossary for being effective.
Setting a working procedure for collecting “issues” for making possibile to sift the risks among them needs to be tailored on company’s culture.

Comment on Which PM “faux pas” make your hair stand on end? by Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:17:56 +0000

1) Not listening to the project team when communicating.
2) Not aggressively milking every significantly mistake for a learning lesson.
3) Claiming to be managing scope when requirements have not been linked to cost.

Comment on Which PM “faux pas” make your hair stand on end? by Robert Merrill

Robert Merrill — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:14:17 +0000

Calling people “resources” when it’s clear the PM means people, as in “Our DBA resource is out ill.”

Comment on Which PM “faux pas” make your hair stand on end? by PM Hut

PM Hut — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:25:47 +0000

- Answering yes to everything
- Answering no to everything

The above 2 can be disastrous.

Comment on At least acknowledge the “school solution” by Glen Alleman

Glen Alleman — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:24:22 +0000

Paul,

Great concept. The “school solution” almost ALWAYS has some merit as a start. When this approach, improvements can then be made, but the “school solution” is almost always useful in some way.

This then prevents the situation “better is the enemy of good enough.”