Volume X - Issue VI - June 2008
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According to PMForum’s Managing Editor David Pells (pictured), “Personal stories have always been one of mankind’s best means for educating others. NASA has embraced story telling for sharing knowledge among program and project managers. It’s a very effective means for sharing and educating, so we are looking for interesting personal stories for our monthly PM World Today eJournal.”
How did you arrive at your current position or career level? What challenges have you overcome? What experiences would you like to share? Who would you like to thank? What is your story?
Wideman PM Website updates announced for June 2008 Max Wideman has announced the latest updates to his popular project management website. According to the email from Max this month, here are the items that Max discusses or has added to his website this month.
Max's Guest this month Randy Englund, provides A Primer for Embracing Project-Based Work, by first asking "What is not a Project?", then discussing evolving definitions of project success and how that may be achieved. Finally, Randy likens the process to the gardener growing and nurturing a fruit tree. In Papers, this month, Max reviews Jason Westland's book: The Project Management Life Cycle - a valuable reference complete with templates for the types of projects discussed In Musings, Max goes back to basics by quoting one of Tom Mochal's articles, a simple, lucid and compelling case for The Value of Project Management. If you are looking for answers, guidelines or templates, check out Max’s Isaacons - "Issues and Considerations" that are presented in bullet form for quick and easy reference by project managers. Have you seen Max’s book Do you have a project management question? Max Wideman is one of the world’s best-known project management authorities. An engineer and professional project manager, his experience includes systems, social and environmental projects, as well as design and engineering projects. He is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute, of which he is past president and chairman and for which he led the development of the 1987 version of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. His personal web site at www.maxwideman.com is a source of superior project management knowledge and information. It is free to the public. Max Wideman is also a global advisor to PMForum; additional information about Max can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/advisors.htm
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