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Pimp Your Work - Improving Your Work Day Efficiency

January 21st, 2008

Downloadables: OpenProj

Project management can be a tough gig, but, with the right organizing tools, you can be quite productive.  OpenProj is one of those tools.
From the website:
OpenProj is a free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj has been downloaded over 175,000 times in the first weeks since it was released and has quickly become […]

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January 7th, 2008

Downloadables: Concrete Goals Tracker 2008

Want to make sure you have great follow through on your projects for the year? How about your priorities, have you got them all sorted out? If you’re the type of person who needs to write everything down to get organized, you’ll benefit from David Seah’s Concrete Goals Tracker for 2008.
Here’s a description […]

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November 25th, 2007

What to do when your team loses

Face it - at least once in your life, you’ll lose.  The Pros team lost last week’s b5 media Apprentice Challenge. While this contest is done in the spirit of fun, real life losses are much harder to cope with, whether it’s a loss of an important client, an unapproved project, or a boss’ […]

By Celine -- 6 comments

October 31st, 2007

How to make your team fall apart

Bob Turek of Project Management 411 made an excellent post about working together.  Naturally, this inspired me to write my own post about how NOT to work together.
 Keep everything to yourself.  You want to know why?  Because everyone will steal your super genius ideas.  Dont’ share anything.  If you’re making a group presentation, just tell […]

By Celine -- 3 comments

February 22nd, 2007

Contracts Pimp Your Work?

One of the principles of contract workers is exactly that: the contract. The contract governs the relationship between the person, the project, and the company for the work being done.
Contracts, of course, are two-way streets when it comes to the relationship with the company paying your for the work. You can request what you want […]

By Scot Herrick -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2006

Strategic Focus is a Real-Time Process

Have you noticed a heightened interest in business being compared to the military? Some pundits and executives offer implementation of strategies using military methodology, most famously at Home Depot (where being bought by another company is the current rumor).
Others use military to develop strategy with all of the associated “enemy” and “territory” jargon.
Michael Hugos over […]

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