It has been said many times by many people that the only constant in life is change. As project and program managers, we know that we must accept and recognize this fact in our day to day activities. Much has also been written about resistance to change. As we start this new year, it is a good idea to think for a bit about change and our approach to it.
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Change Management: There Is One Constant
January 29th, 2009 · 658 Comments
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Cooperating With the Inevitable In Your Projects And Programs
January 13th, 2009 · 468 Comments
Often times, in the day to day course of business, as well as life in general, we resist certain conditions if they are not favorable in some way to us. I would call this less resistance to change and more a matter of not accepting the inevitable.
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Innovation and the Project Sponsor
April 20th, 2008 · 845 Comments
As project managers, we all know that the project sponsor is the most important stakeholder. Without the project sponsor, it would be very difficult to get any project very far off the ground. I have been thinking about some of the risks of not having proper sponsorship, but the real issue is in defining what proper sponsorship really is – and of course, what it is not.
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Processes versus Projects – An Elusive Distinction
October 24th, 2007 · 67 Comments
Business process modeling is closely related to project management. While projects are one time events – with a well-defined beginning and end – processes are continuous. However, even with these definitions, the world is not so black and white. We have processes for projects, and repetitive processes often are projects. Through the use of examples, here are some ideas on thinking aobut projects and processes to drive efficiency.
