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Category Archives: portfolio management
Agile Project Portfolio Management Video Posted
The very nice folks from Øredev 2011 have posted my video about agile project portfolio management. You might not think that Malmo, Sweden in November would be a hot time, but for me it was! I met great people and … Continue reading
Pragmatic Manager and InfoQ Video Posted
I have posted last week’s Pragmatic Manager, Are You Being Guilted Into Doing More?. At Agile 2011, I had a great video conversation with Shane Hastie about agile project portfolio management. The chair is big, I’m not so short. The … Continue reading
Pragmatic Manager Posted: Are Your Shoulds Driving Your Decisions
I posted my most recent Pragmatic Manager: Are Your “Shoulds” Driving Your Decisions? Yes, in case you couldn’t tell, I am doing a series on project portfolio management, so that you do take a look at my Peer Project Portfolio … Continue reading
Announcing Peer Project Portfolio Coaching
If you missed my most recent Pragmatic Manager newsletter, Focus on One Thing at a Time, it’s posted. In it, I ranted about the delays of multitasking and introduced a new service: Peer Project Portfolio Coaching. I keep seeing people … Continue reading
Don’t Start a Project with Scarcity
I was talking with a project manager the other day. “I don’t have enough developers. I don’t have enough testers. I don’t have enough UI people. What am I going to do?” I said, “Well, you have enough people if … Continue reading
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Catching Up With my Email Newsletter
I have been delinquent for those of you who subscribe to my email newsletter. I have not published one since April. On the other hand, I just posted Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now. The next newsletter is scheduled … Continue reading
Kill, Commit, or Transform Your Projects
Daniel wrote a lovely post, Kill, commit, or transform your projects over on praglife. Keeping projects around that are not staffed, multitasking on several projects (committing to none of them), and running away from reality doesn’t help anyone. The projects … Continue reading
Pragmatic Manager Newsletter Posted
I just posted the October Pragmatic Email newsletter, You Can’t Do All the Work. Now What? If you subscribed, you’d have already received today’s…. Have a great New Year’s everyone.
When Managers Can’t Hear No
I recently wrote an article on how to say No, and a twitter follower wanted to know what to do when your manager can’t hear no. First, understand why your manager can’t hear no. Is it because the business pressures … Continue reading
No: The Essence of Project Portfolio Management
Seth Godin has a great entry, Saying ‘no’. No is the essence of project portfolio management, no matter who you are. If you don’t say No, your yes’s don’t mean anything. As Seth says, Saying no to loud people gives … Continue reading
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