http://www.shipwreckedproject.com Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:43:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We hear about projects that don't meet the requirements set up for them. Sometimes the budget is over-run. Sometimes the schedule is blown apart. Other times it's the scope - exactly what the project is expected to produce. Projects can be troubled in any area - project team dynamics, stakeholder problems, ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/troubled-projects A new book for executives, and project managers, has recently been published. It's called Coming UnScrooged, written by A. Drayton Boylston, a well-known executive coach. Based on the classic Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Boylston gives us the story of a modern CEO. This executive has lost his bearings in a ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/coming-unscrooged I know, we've all read the Pareto Rule, nodded our heads in agreement, and then put our noses on the grindstone and continued to do what we've always been doing. <shakes head sadly> As executives and project managers, our jobs are to get work done through other people. If you're ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/the-pareto-rule-and-you If you are, you know how hard it can be to reach other Project Managers. PM Hut has started a new offering called the Trainer's Area. People who offer training to PMs can list their services here - for free. That's right - for free. The other great thing about it is ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/are-you-a-pm-trainer One of my colleagues, and friends, Alex S. Brown, PMP, asked me to publicize this survey for project managers. I'm happy to do so. If you've ever considered yourself in an executive management position at your company - or any company - then this survey is for you. It is a ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/important-pm-survey There's a new hut in town, called the PM Hut at http://www.pmhut.com. Recently created by a project manager who works for an IT company in Canada, the PM Hut is addressing the chaotic world of project management information. I think it's an admirable goal. Just to let you know, some of my ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/pm-hut I'm leaving the mountains and valleys of Microsoft Land for the beautiful beaches of Mac Land. It's been a more gradual switch than I've let anyone see. First, I switched to Firefox as my internet browser. Then I made the move to Thunderbird as my email client. Both of these programs ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/moving-to-mac-land I'm so excited! I'm the guest author on a wonderful blog, Life by Design, http://www.officiallifebydesign.com/. Please feel free to visit the blog. The blog title is How do You SPEND Your Time? And the article title is Spending Time. If you like the article, please let your friends and colleagues know about ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/featured-as-guest-author or What do the Dumb-dumbs in the executive offices know? In the first two parts of this series, we learned how to decide which executive to start building a relationship with, and what we need to do in order to advocate project management processes in our company. In this final part of ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/project-managers-vs-executives-part-3 or What do the Dumb-dumbs in the executive offices know? In part 1 we learned how to decide which executive to start building a relationship with. In this part of the three-part series, we'll learn the beginning steps about what to do next. Part 2: What Selling is NOT evil. Here are a couple ... http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/project-managers-vs-executives-part-2