The Ultimate Productivity Blog
The Ultimate Productivity Blog -- Enough said.

War or Project Management? Or both?
War or Project Management? Or both? -- Came across this embedded in a Slate article on Afghanistan...At one point, euphemistically referring to troops as "resources," McChrystal writes, "Resources will not win the war, but under-resourcing could lose it." Another way to reads this sentence is: Under-resourcing could lose the war, but more resources won't necessarily win it, either.So true. So true.

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Calling Bullshit on Project Management 2.0
Calling Bullshit on Project Management 2.0 -- OK. I've got your attention with my over the top title. Sorry about that. Actually, over at Glen Alleman's Herding Cats: Top Down / Bottom Up = Project Management 2.0? Not with this approach, he doesn't so much call bullshit on PM 2.0 but rather on an unconvincing setup and payoff of someone else's promotion of the idea that purports to blend the best parts of "traditional" (for want of a better word) and "agile" PM.I can't stand it when the presentation of good ideas are ruined by poo

Magic Numbers - Project Management
Magic Numbers - Project Management -- From Scott Berkun, The magic numbers of project management, an exploration of some of the games played with estimates. One of the things he doesn't mention in the "what to do instead" section is to make the estimation process a conversation and the open use of range estimates (buffers) for the project as a whole. This takes the pressure off of everybody to