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Green Project Management – PMI Minnesota – 2011

September 29, 2011 by

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Good morning PMI Minnesota! in an effort to go green and to help your mobile access I’ve translated the Green Project Management presentation into a highlights post!  Here’s a Link to the USGBC’s & LEED as well –  http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1988 Slide 2 — Why “Think Green”?  •All systems (economic, social, etc.) depend on the link to living systems •Our natural resources are […]

Virtual Teams – Media Richness

January 31, 2011 by

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Various technologies have various levels of media richness. Media richness means communication media have varying capacities for resolving ambiguity, negotiating varying interpretations, and facilitating understanding. Media is said to be very rich when it provides: the availability of instant feedback; the capacity of the medium to transmit multiple cues such as body language, voice tone, […]

Communication – BAR SOAP

January 26, 2011 by

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Lack of communication can be the kiss of death for information technology projects. Industry data often points to a breakdown in communication as one of the primary reasons for project failure. Reluctance to share information regarding barriers to a project’s success is the nail in the coffin. This absence of information sharing is known as […]

Virtual Teams – Conflict Resolution, Prove and Triumph

January 25, 2011 by

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Prove it Maneuvering the political gauntlet through artful conversation and word-smithing will not resolve conflict.  Nothing will stop conflict the like graceful execution and control of a project that leads to on time, on budget completion. This is the area where the project management fundamentals are a focal point.  Earned value may not be glamorous, […]

Virtual Teams – Conflict Resolution, Monitor

January 24, 2011 by

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The stage is set.  Successful conflict resolution now depends on actively monitoring the three essential legs – risk, environment and team.  Update the conflict elements on a weekly basis. If conflict does surface, determine the threshold for engaging the contingency plan and corrective action. Another effective way to monitor conflict is to talk about it. […]

Virtual Teams – Conflict Resolution, Evaluate the team’s pulse

January 22, 2011 by

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While environmental IQ through stakeholder’s analysis addresses the outside / in part of the equation, evaluate the team’s pulses addresses the inside / out. When the two are balanced through an equal amount of attention and thought, then the conflict potential is lowered. There are two steps for knowing a teams pulse.

Virtual Teams – Conflict Resolution, Risk Assessment

January 20, 2011 by

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Step Two of Resolving Virtual Team Conflict is to treat it as a potential risk.  The advantage of looking at team conflict as a risk is it’s an easier to say “hey let’s treat team conflict as a risk element, something that might happen” rather than “gee, we’re conflicted and at each others throat, upper […]

Virtual Teams – Conflict Resolution – Prepare

January 19, 2011 by

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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 […]

Virtual Teams – Swift Trust, RICE Analysis (Philip Merry)

January 18, 2011 by

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Swift Trust as an academic topic seems to have emerged by Meyerson et. al in 1991 within the context of temporary groups.  Lynda Bourne shared about it recently, 2010,  in a PMI blog. Philip Merry developed the RICE Analysis for improving and cultivating “swift trust” in 2002.  He  is a global speaker and trainer who’s […]

Virtual Teams – Swift Trust

January 17, 2011 by

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While delivering over forty Effective Virtual Team workshops at TAPUniversity since 2006, one question we encourage participants to ask is "well, OK, how does this differ from team members we see in person?" Swift Trust is one concept worth digging in to help answer the question of differentiation.

Effective Virtual Teams – 2011

January 14, 2011 by

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TAPUniversity has shared and learned with over 310 professionals concerning virtual teams since August of 2005. Those professionals completed an in-depth survey of best practices for virtual teams. As we prepare for 2011 we want to know what your opinion is regarding what makes for effective and ineffective virtual teams. The results from previous students […]

Virtual Teams Primer and Perfection

January 11, 2011 by

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Virtual teams are geographical dispersed teams (GDT) who are formed for a variety of reasons.  Sometimes the virtual team is formed as a result of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), or a collaboration among organizations may trigger it, perhaps a key employee moves or a company wishes to get some “boots on the ground” in a […]

Virtual Teams Relationships

January 4, 2010 by

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We now have the technology to allow people to communicate, transfer information, and work together all across the world without meeting each other face-to-face. This is making virtual teams increasingly popular. Many people who work on a virtual team also work at an office surrounded by co-workers; other virtual team members who work from home […]

Virtual Teams

May 19, 2009 by

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Becoming increasingly popular, Virtual Teams is one of the tools of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Acquire Project Team process. A virtual team is a team who has some or all members that spend little or no time face-to-face. With advances in communications technology, the advantages of virtual teams are becoming leveraged more frequently in today’s […]

Conflict Management

May 14, 2009 by

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Managing conflict is part of managing projects and people. Conflict Management is a tool of the Manage Project Team process listed in the fourth edition PMBOK®. Also see the earlier posting of Manage Project Team Process (posted May 5, 2009). Conflict Management is an important skill not only project management, but for any situation in […]

TAPUniversity has received its renewal as a Global R.E.P. for PMI

April 13, 2009 by

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TAPUniversity has received its renewal as a Global Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute.

TAPUniversity’s Effective Virtual Team Institute Graduates — December 2008

December 20, 2008 by

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Congratulations to TAPUniversity's eight most recent Effective Virtual Team graduates. Since August of 2005 over 175 people have graduated from this class. Look forward to the unveiling of the Effective Virtual Team Institute soon.

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