Project Management Thought Leaders of New England

Project Management Thought Leaders of New England

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This group is for all project managers, project team leaders and those involved in project management to gather together and support each other - discuss their ideas and... more »
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Sean M.

Sean

What would you recommend the top competencies should be for a great PM?

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Bryan T. 1 day ago • Edit • Paul Redman, our Director of Delivery put this slide together... The Art of Project Mgt. - Communications skills, honesty, common sense, ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Categorizing stakeholders

How do you categorize your stakeholders on your projects? I usually break down between key and other stakeholders, in "groups" such as ...

posted 17 days ago

Tom B. 12 days ago • Edit • Gina, is it for the Finance Organization? Say a new system, or upgrade, They will have a sponsor at the top level, maybe the VP, then, maybe the ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Striving for a culture of continuous change within our organization...

We often think it is difficult to achieve culture change when we are in a project manager role - we expect that must come from ...

posted 19 days ago

Dennis T. 14 days ago • Edit • Gina, I agree it is not always bottom up or top down. I too have managed ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Dr. Charlie Pellerin, the leader of the team that built the Hubble Space Telescope, will be speaking at the PMI Mass Bay Chapter May 17...

Sign up today while there is still space available. It will be an exciting evening!

May Chapter Meeting: Managing the Fifth Force-Social Context; 05/17/12 05:45 PM - 08:30 PM in Burlington, MA.

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Rich M. 27 days ago • Edit • Built, launched, and fixed! »
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Gina A.

Gina

PMI Mass Bay Chapter 8 PDU Event on May 18 in Burlington, MA with Dr. Charlie Pellerin

Spend an entire day with Dr. Charlie Pellerin - the leader of the team that built the Hubble Space Telescope and learn more about The ...

The Fifth Force: A 1-Day Experimental, May 18 in Burlington, MA.

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Rich M.

Rich

So our colleagues in Civil Engineering managed to do this (see below).

Why not us?

Let's be civil. projectsatwork.com

Recently, three North American Civil Engineering organizations - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) came together and...

posted 1 month ago

Tom B. 1 month ago • Edit • Promoting sustainability, project planning, and the human side of project management (75% of the job) are sorely needed in civil engineering ... »
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Rich M.

Rich

Have a look at this blog post, then select Choice 1 or Choice 2: http://www.earthpm.com/2012/04/better-light-then-never/ - and feel free...

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Rich M. 1 month ago • Edit • I'm not sure what's wrong with the link I provided. but several have had problems with it. SO...just go to earthpm dot com and look for the ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Team building on global teams

What are your thoughts for effective team building techniques for global teams when you can't get them together in one location and they ...

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Miiko B.

Miiko

Calling for a guest speaker for PMI-NH chapter meeting April 18th at the Portsmouth Country Club. Please contact me if you have a topic...

posted 2 months ago

Tom B. 2 months ago • Edit • forgot to add email: teaminten@gmail.com »
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Gina A.

Gina

What is your biggest barrier to spending time upfront with the team to let them get to know each other before you actually start work on...

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Robert D. 2 months ago • Edit • I agree Blair. Most teams today are virtual - dispersed across time zones and countries which makes communication among team members and its ... »
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Bryan T.

Bryan

We are researching cloud based project portfolio management systems... recommendations would be appreciated. Thx......

posted 2 months ago

Gina A. 2 months ago • Edit • Microsoft Project Server is one option and my recommendation would be Tribridge. We actually had the guy who heads up this group at Tribridge ... »
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Gina A.
Gina A.

Gina

Promote Perseverance on Your Teams

What are you doing to promote perseverance in yourself and on your team? Get some ideas from Tom Belanger...

Promote perseverance in yourself as the team leader and in your team in a number of key ways to ensure team success.

posted 2 months ago

Javier B. 2 months ago • Edit • From when I was young I was taught: "Whoever perseveres, achieves." And it is so real that I showed it to my kids and colleagues. Do not give ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Selling PM via Pachelbel’s Canon in D

Great article by Rich Maltzman on his blog. Your thoughts?

Here we take a detour from our focus on the pure intersection of sustainability and project management. When I was in University a long, long, long time ago, I had a course in “Music Appreciation”.  It wasn’t as easy as it...

posted 2 months ago

Tom B. 2 months ago • Edit • So true. I'm working with engineers on a current project and they are very analytical--almost any type of engineer. And yes there is rhythm to ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Process Improvement Initiatives

For those of you that manage process improvement initiatives - what are some of your biggest challenges?

posted 3 months ago

Gina A. 2 months ago • Edit • Thanks for the input Rick. I remember one particular process change initiative where we were reducing the time to complete particular tasks by ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Organizational skills

Interesting article on how to train yourself to be more organized.

Margaret Moore is the founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital. Paul Hammerness, MD, is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Together, they hope to get at the physical and...

posted 3 months ago

Gina A. 3 months ago • Edit • Nice when an article is timely! The first step I'd take with the client is getting the entire team together to discuss the project ahead and ... »
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Gina A.

Gina

Brainstorming best practices...

How are you effectively using brainstorming to solve project problems, determine project risks and otherwise work with your project ...

Use brainstorming to generate new and creative ideas for your business and help build a cohesive team.

posted 3 months ago

Tom B. 3 months ago • Edit • Good one, and interesting Rich! »
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