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Decision making is challenging. For many of us, it is just plain hard. But with good practice in the right areas, we can become better and more effective at identifying and executing at each phase at the decision making process. One way to simplify all of this is to view decision making as a three-part process.

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As project and program managers, we are leaders within organizations. Indeed, we lead small, smaller, organizations that are subsets of the larger organizations. As such, we are responsible for making decisions, and in the process, we need to define ourselves. Let’s take a look at this concept.

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Though I have not heard it made official all indications are that we are in recession. This appears to be not just for the United States but for much, if not most, of the rest of the world. The cause of this recession, of course, is the credit crunch and all issues surrounding that. So the big question is, “What can project and program managers do to cope with this recession?” I have some thoughts, and for reference have tapped into ideas of Jack and Susie Welch.

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Most of us have heard the acronym “stepping up to the plate”. But in the United States this past weekend, the victory of the New York Giants over the Green Bay Packers in the National Football Conference championship game gave some real hands-on meaning to it.

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