Posts from:Enterprise Project Management
Communication – Air Travel and Project Management
BY: Collin Quiring I am not a pilot, nor do I play one on tv. However, I have a number of friends that are and I have had the joys(?) of travelling quite a bit by plane in the last few years. I have also flown on charter flights and that is a different... (more...)
One Version of the Truth – Culture and Microsoft Project Server
BY: Collin Quiring When talking with customers one of the observations that I often make is something like “by using Project Server you have one version of the truth”. By that I mean that there is a central location where you can obtain information... (more...)
Selecting The Team and Project Manager
There are a lot of articles, blogs and even some books about how Project Manager’s should be selected. Also, stories abound about how people find themselves in the role of Project Manager because “they were there” or by some other fortunate series... (more...)
Random Thoughts – New Book, Certifications, Force Check-ins and Agile
BY: Collin Quiring I always wonder why a blog goes silent. While it takes great discipline and scheduling to update a blog on a regular basis, there are plenty of folks that do it. For a long time I was able to do it as well. However, for a number... (more...)
PMI Membership and PMP Certification – by the Numbers
By: Collin Quiring Ever since I started looking at obtaining a certification as a Project Management Professional I was interested in knowing how many people had the certification already. I have blogged about certifications in previous posts so I... (more...)
Getting the Truth
BY: Bruce Lofland All tasks are being completed when planned and within budget. There are no issues, risks have all been mitigated, and the project team members love each other and work perfectly together. How would you like to give that status... (more...)
Just the Facts – Then React
By: Collin Quiring As a Project Manager, I tend to instinctively relate most events in life back to that profession. I have been thinking about the situation with Shirley Sherrod (Georgia’s Agriculture Department Director). This is an ongoing story... (more...)
Quick Summary – Value of Project Management and Microsoft Project
Clients often ask us if there is an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand method of trying to explain and justify the use of Project Management and the use of Microsoft Project. We have some information about that on other blog entries and on some of our... (more...)
New Microsoft Competency for Partners – why should the customer care?
BY: Collin Quiring Microsoft announced new competency requirements – 22 of them were just launched. From our perspective at PMP Specialists, as a Microsoft Partner, we welcome these new competencies and their requirements. But, why should you,... (more...)
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
By: Collin Quiring Just a quick muse. The saying “Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery” has been around a long time and I have been thinking about it the last few days quite a bit. I am getting ready to do a massive SharePoint Server... (more...)