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Articles | Oct 16, 2015
Why Can't We Get There?
Ever wonder why change is so hard? Why so many people resist it? Not so surprising, really, when we understand that approximately 75% of the US population is made up of folks who have personality preferences that desire stability rather than change, and who place significant meaning on the past and present rather than the future. (Based upon the Myers-Briggs Type Distribution of the national representative sample from 2003.)
Articles | Oct 16, 2015
Requirements Gathering Challenges: Email and Instant Messaging (IM)
Clear, concise, and complete business requirements are an essential component to the success of any project. Good project managers everywhere realize the importance of solid business requirements. However, ensuring that your business requirements are complete can be more challenging than ever.
Articles | Oct 16, 2015
Project Meeting Evaluation is Essential
As a member of a project team or manager of a Program or Project Management Office, have you ever wondered why some project meetings seem to be so unproductive? Have you ever been part of a conversation where you find yourself, or team members, asking why you are meeting twice a week when you could easily meet once a week and still achieve the same results?
Articles | Oct 16, 2015
Facilitating Process Design
What is "process design" and why would I care to facilitate it? A process is an end-to-end set of activities which provide something of value to a customer. Examples include business processes such as documenting procedures, delivering customer orders, paying employees as well as non-business processes such as hosting a class reunion.
Articles | Oct 16, 2015
Facilitated Work Sessions — How They Can Accelerate Your Project
Project Managers often find themselves in a frenzy trying to get the necessary project documentation created and approved. Documentation such as Project Charters, Rules of Engagement, Business Requirements, Risk Analyses, and other deliverables involve iterative cycles of information gathering, decision making, reviews and approvals by multiple parties in order to finalize each deliverable.
Our Books
Skills & Tools to Accelerate Progress for Project Managers, Facilitators and Six Sigma Project Teams. Published by Jossey-Bass (a division of John Wiley & Sons), July 2005.
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Facilitation Skills to Make the Most of Project Meetings. By Tammy Adams, Jan Means, and Michael S. Spivey. Published by Jossey-Bass, September 2007.
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