Project Management Resources

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

This site is designed to be a collection of my thoughts about project management as well as links to other sites which provide additional information and insite. My goal is to provide a centralized resource for people to find practical advice on how to survive the day-to-day rigors of working on a project. The main topics include project planning, project tracking, customer relations, and building cohesive, effective teams. Please check back often as I plan to continuously update the site with the latest information that I find.

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Latest Articles

Why People Don't Listen ... and Some Fun Things You Can Do About It

(by Carla Rieger)

It's frustrating when your co-workers, audience members, teenager or even your dog (!) won't listen. While you can't control how they receive what you say, you can control how you send it. This article includes 6 tips on why people don't listen and what you can do to change it.

Project Management 101

(by Robert Flanglin)

Project management is an important business concept. This article explains the basics of project management and how it can help businesses reach goals more efficiently.

Balanced Scorecard Strategy Map

(by Ramki M)

With the help of balanced scorecard strategy map, it is very easy to design the organization goals and build business strategies. Balance scorecard and strategy map are interrelated with each other. Strategies map is the foundation to design business strategies or perspective. Using strategy map, you can design the strategies and using balanced scorecards you can build business models.

Building Successful Work Relationships--Playing In The Same Sandbox

(by Althea DeBrule)

There’s a tremendous amount of pressure as we grow older to learn to act our age (whatever that means). In fact, most people consider age a number not an indication of vitality, health or maturity. Nevertheless, too many of us leave the things of childhood behind us. This is both good and bad. It is good to leave childish behavior behind, but bad when we discard many childlike behaviors that can make us successful adults. One such childlike behavior is learning how to develop reliable relationships with others through experiences in the same sandbox that teach us how to cooperate, exchange ideas, and communicate. This article gives a seven-step process for building successful work relationships.

Project-Aligned Collaboration

(by Gerd Schmidt)

Many companies are using collaboration in their quest to become more efficient and ‘leaner’. Business demands that people collaborate within companies (intra-company) and across company boundaries (inter-company) with suppliers, customers, etc. Collaboration happens where there are two or more people that want to reach the same target and need work together to exchange information and complete tasks to achieve the goal.