Last month, I spent some quality time in Florida with family. This time, we were able to spend time together without the excuse of funerals – a nice change of pace from 2018. My cousin Mary and I were catching up on life since we last saw each other. Suddenly, she jabbed her finger at […]
The Power of the Done List
Many of us are familiar with to-do lists. Over the past couple of years, I’ve become a big fan of the “done” list. The done list contains everything I have finished that day. It may be an actual “to-do” list item. It may be a smaller part of a “to-do” list item. It may be […]
Why You Need to Strengthen Your Foundations
Most of us are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The base is physiological – breathing, food, water, sex, sleep…. The next level is safety and security – of employment, of health, of family… Implicit in this model is that each level BUILDS ON the other, it is not REPLACED BY the other. This “building […]
#52books The 12 Week Year
#52 Books – The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Hardcover Brian Moran and Michael Lennington’s main argument is that we need to think in terms of quarters vs annually when it comes to evaluation and goal-setting. It’s not the argument that […]
#52books The PMI Agile Practice Guide
View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2DCG0My ——————– Agile Practice Guide Format: Softcover The recent update to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, fondly known as the PMBOK, added the Agile Practice Guide as a supplement to version 6. What excites me about this add-on, beyond being repeatedly asked if I “do Agile,” is the recognition that there […]
The Value of Toolboxes
In another PMIWDC podcast, a panel of experts discussed the impact of Agile on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Jesse Fewell, one of the authors of the Agile supplement in the recent PMBOK update, noted that the smartest thing we could do is to create the environment for innovation. Mostly because the environment […]
