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Welcome to the Mindavation online project
management newsletter.
Our commitment is to share news about project
management upcoming events, tips & tricks of
the trade, recommendations for reference and
inspirational materials, and Mindavation course
offerings.
| Free Template of the Month - Recovering Troubled Projects Checklist |
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Each month Mindavation will offer a
template from our Project Templates CD free
of charge. Don't miss out on this opportunity!
This month's download is
our Recovering Troubled Projects
Checklist template. This template can
be used
to record and monitor the evolving requirements,
goals, milestones and acceptance criteria that are
vital parts of all of our projects.
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| Book Recommendation of the Month - Business @ the Speed of Stupid: How to Avoid Technology Disasters in Business |
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Business @ the Speed of Stupid: How to Avoid
Technology Disasters in Business by Dan Burke and Alan Morrison
Failures of technology projects are all too familiar to
the corporate world. Good project management
practices and a reasonable approach to technology
and it's capabilities improve the probability of
success. Despite these assets, we often need
additional techniques as we work with management
to drive these projects to a successful completion.
This book provides stories of unfortunate - but not
so uncommon - errors that occur as organizations
attempt to implement technologies to improve
business operations. This book is written in a
somewhat irreverent style, which makes the book an
enjoyable read - but don't let the style fool you. The
book is full of practical examples and principles for
success with technology projects. The scenarios in
the book can be used as examples or case studies -
or better yet - apply the principles presented in the
book as you design your technology projects and
improve your chances for success.
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| Coming Soon to a City Near You... |
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March 9-10, 2006 Denver, Colorado "Intelligent Disobedience"
April 10-11, 2006 Denver, Colorado "Critical Judgment"
Apr 20-21, 2006 Richmond, Virginia "Requirements Collection
& Analysis"
June 8-9, 2006 Colorado Springs, Colorado "Critical
Judgment"
Looking for a class to attend? Would you like to
meet us face to face? If we are in your area,
feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting.
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| This Month's Article: Planning Your Project with "The Leadership Lens" |
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By Bob McGannon, PMP and Mike
Norman, PMP
You have received a fairly comprehensive project
charter, have sponsorship that will dedicate time and
effort to the project, and you even have the
technical expertise in house and available to get the
job done. So all that is left to consider is the project
schedule, the risk plan, communication plan, quality
initiatives, and a myriad of other tools at the disposal
of the experienced project manager. How does the
experienced project manager decide which – and to
what degree – each of these tools are to be used on
the project? To accomplish this, the project
manager needs a “Leadership Lens.”
When a project is in the initiation or planning stage,
The Leadership Lens approach analyzes four main
factors to assist the project manager in
understanding what may lie ahead. These four
approaches are the Rational, Organizational, Political,
and Shared Values of the project environment and
the people within it. Let’s take a look at each of
these “Lenses” and see how they may shed light on
the project manager’s pathway to success.
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| Mindavation Project Templates CD Available |
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Mindavation offers 30 customizable project
templates and tools to make your life easier!
The CD includes full project lifecycle templates
and tools.
Documents are in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project
2000 (and Adobe). Modify each template to suit
YOUR business and project needs.
Price (including shipping & handling):
$100
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Managing in Complex Times |
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Soaring to new heights requires us to be at our best
when things aren't necessarily going as well as we
would like. Ensuring expectations are reasonable, and
recovering from them when they are not, provide the
focus of this issue of the Mindavation newsletter.
With a edgy book reference, and our template for
recovering troubled projects (and our advanced
classes, including the Critical Judgment class) we can
help you out of that unpleasant "ditch!"
Decision making processes, and quickly assessing the
feasibility of project schedules are part of our newest
public class offering - Critical Judgment
Join the proactive project managers that have
developed significant experience with managing
tough projects. Advance your experience level
quickly in this fast paced class. The first public
offering of this class will be made in conjunction with
the Mile High PMI Chapter on April 10-11 in Denver,
CO.
Click on the link below to see the full class overview.
Critical Judgment Class Details |
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