Meaningful Work versus Busy Work was the central theme of a presentation and discussion I shared with the PMI Heartland Professional Development Day on September 17, 2012. The title was “Undercover Agile”. The premise was sorting through what’s meaningful and busy work in daily project management practice. Once sorted, high performance organizations and project managers focus […]
February 20, 2012 by Dave Kohrell
Stand up. Sit down. Which is better for the team, productivity, your company? The trend is stand up for a short burst of action and accountability among all types of business teams. A hall-mark of rapid software development (1990’s) and Agile (manifesto in 2001 onward) the stand up meeting has progressed rapidly beyond software, to […]
January 19, 2011 by Dave Kohrell
Conflict. The mere term evokes a strong response. In today’s environment, examples of conflict are replete: Middle East, War on Terrorism, Political Divides. Intra personal conflict also appears to be increasing. Project managers also encounter a variety of conflicts: inadequate resources, changing organizational direction, project direction, disagreement among stakeholder groups, clash with functional teams, role […]
May 13, 2009 by tapuniversity
As a project team matures, they go through certain stages. These Team Development Stages are described under Team-Building Activities, which is a tool of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Develop Project Team process. According to this theory, there are five stages of team development—Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning. Teams typically begin at the first stage […]
May 12, 2009 by tapuniversity
What should be done when good behavior occurs to encourage it? Recognition and Rewards is a tool of the Develop Project Team process listed in the fourth edition PMBOK®. The purpose of recognizing and rewarding desirable behavior is to encourage that type of behavior in the future. This extends into our everyday life—far beyond the […]
May 4, 2009 by tapuniversity
Develop Project Team is one of the 42 project management processes described in the fourth edition PMBOK®. It’s one of the three Human Resource knowledge area processes, and one of the eight Executing processes. The purpose of this process is to improve the team’s competencies and their interactions among each other. The list of who […]
February 5, 2009 by tapuniversity
Develop Project Team is one of the 44 processes in the third edition PMBOK®. This process is classified as a Human Resource process in the Executing process group. The Develop Project Team process concerns improving the competencies of project team members and the interactions among team members. One of its tools and techniques to accomplish […]
September 27, 2012 by Dave Kohrell
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