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Michael Vick's on your team!
John Roach, Senior Project Manager : 05 June 2009 / 8:20 AM : 2 
Michael Vick’s on your team!
In the not too distant future, you get a call from your program manager. Former NFL heavyweight Michael Vick has joined the company and is being assigned to your team. Do you – A. Panic and quit; B. Complain up the chain; or C. Be glad you have a star performer.
Obviously a rhetorical question, Michael Vick and people like him pose an interesting challenge for management, however, no matter how you view the recent debate on his reinstatement. On one hand, Mr. Vick is a high performing athlete who’s value to the franchise can be measured in his per annum salary that’s g...
Tagged: Project Management
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For the Successful Project Manager, the Cup is Always Empty
John Roach, Senior Project Manager : 21 May 2009 / 9:27 AM : 2
Is an empty glass better than a full one? We often use the example of a glass and water as an analogy to illustrate our position on whether or not someone is an optimist or a pessimist depending upon whether they see the glass as half full or half empty. There is, however, another analogy we can use involving a glass and water that digs a little deeper into how successful someone is at assimilating new information—and how they should be expected to respond when things really heat up. It goes something like this: a full glass cannot accept anything new-- whereas an empty glass can. A person can be said to be either empty or full...
Tagged: Project Methodology
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Repurposing Your Project Management Office (PMO)
Woody Walker, Director, Project Management Office : 11 May 2009 / 1:52 PM : 0
In an economic environment characterized by near unprecedented losses in business profitability, jobs and personal wealth, the average business professional is focused on keeping the lights on. With thousands of organizations faced with delivering an acceptable level of business with fewer and fewer resources, who can afford Project Managers or a Project Management Office (PMO) full of Project Managers and Project Administrators?
Some leaders may feel that project management is not critical to the operation and survival of their business and so the PMO is sometimes the first thing to be disbanded. Project Managers a...
Tagged: Information Management Project Methodology
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