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		<title>Should you work on your strengths?&#8230;or your weaknesses?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering training...or just simply places to place your own efforts...  Are you better off working on your strengths or your weaknesses?  The answer may surprise you!

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		<title>Are YOU Agile?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I asked if YOU are agile&#8230;because I think&#160;agile project management&#160;starts with the individual&#8230;and then the team&#8230;and then the organization&#8230;&#160;&#160;Let me explain my thinking&#8230; &#160; You may have brushed up against this term &#34;agile&#34; in relationship to athletic ability&#8230;or probably even more recently in your career, especially related to software development. &#160; I found a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Assumptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maryjoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we first build our [tag-tec]project plan[/tag-tec], we need to make many [tag-dir]assumptions. As part of our project plan, we need to document what these assumptions are. We also need to acknowledge the reality that many of those assumptions may not prove out as the project unfolds.]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Plating: Is It Ever Okay To Over Deliver?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maryjoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[tag-tec]Gold plating[/tag-tec], or the idea of delivering more or better than requested is generally not accepted in [tag-dir]project management[/tag-dir] doctrine. However, I think we need to take this with a grain of salt and consider how to discern when and how we might over deliver.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Good At Task Estimating</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maryjoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[tag-tec]Task estimating[/tag-tec] is a critical skill for [tag-dir]project managers[/tag-dir] and [tag-dir]project teams[/tag-dir]. We cannot manage what we cannot estimate. However, realistically, it is very difficult to be able to estimate every possible task accurately.]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Your Own Project Life Cycle &#8211; But Not From Scratch</title>
		<link>http://pmcrunch.com/project_management__templates/creating-your-own-project-life-cycle-but-not-from-scratch/</link>
		<comments>http://pmcrunch.com/project_management__templates/creating-your-own-project-life-cycle-but-not-from-scratch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management Templates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have used this.  If you don't want to have to start every project from scratch, then it's worthwhile creating your own Project Life Cycle.  I have found it especially useful - and impressive - in environments where there are a lot of technical people who have little project management orientation, and it has really made a difference.  The best part is that it has helped me leverage my strengths - and to think through the project in an organized way.]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic IT Project Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Managing an IT project is like juggling chunks of Jell-O: It's neither easy nor pretty."  So it says in an excellent article on IT Project Management is CIO magazine.  The article goes on to say, very accurately I think, that "Information technology is especially slippery because it's always moving, changing, adapting and challenging business as we know it."]]></description>
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		<title>Three Ways To Invent The Future</title>
		<link>http://pmcrunch.com/soft_skills/three-ways-to-invent-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://pmcrunch.com/soft_skills/three-ways-to-invent-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcosgrove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a program or project manager,&#160;one must&#160;keep an eye on both the near term and long term.&#160; Today, under tough economic conditions, we typically turn to more near-term thinking because the focus needs to be first on survival before considering future plans.&#160; We need to be careful however to not take this near-term thinking too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 different styles</title>
		<link>http://pmcrunch.com/project_management_process/4-different-styles/</link>
		<comments>http://pmcrunch.com/project_management_process/4-different-styles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>myarticlenetwork</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Management styles Almost everyone makes numerous decisions every day. It is these decisions that allow us to manage our lives, enabling us to do the things we want to do, while working with and around: other people, time and the everyday problems which always seem to occur. Similarly a business needs to be managed. An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Set Your Time Management Goals And Focus On The Big Picture</title>
		<link>http://pmcrunch.com/project_management_process/set-your-time-management-goals-and-focus-on-the-big-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://pmcrunch.com/project_management_process/set-your-time-management-goals-and-focus-on-the-big-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>myarticlenetwork</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To make the most of your time you need to be focused on what it is you want to achieve. Being focused on the smaller picture rather than the big one will throw you off course. You should sit down and review your time management&#160; and where your time gets used up. When we talk [...]]]></description>
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