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Giselle Shangi-Ellis

The Accidental Project Manager - 2 views

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    One reason PMs fail is their desire to get the product right the first time. This site says that this is an unrealistic expectation and that we should expect to get it wrong the first time and communicate this to our team. The dynamics will change making them more open and less pressured to "make the wrong step". This approach is modeled by Microsoft which generally takes about 3 times before they get a product right. Other useful tips and lessons follow such as Less is More. An uplifting site that reminds us that it is okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from them.
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    Very insightful article. The point the article made that I felt was interesting was the part about how it can be hard early on to not test what they are making. Easy to go down the wrong direction.
Latoya Golden

AceProject - 1 views

shared by Latoya Golden on 28 Apr 14 - Cached
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    AceProject offers a collection of features pulling from the best of professional project management applications, such as Microsoft Project. Some of the features include storing and sharing documents online, using your interactive Gantt Charts to visually track projects & tasks progress, viewing deadlines & task dependencies. AceProject offers a basic account that is free: http://www.aceproject.com/signup/.
Taren Cunningham

Teambox - 2 views

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    Teambox is an online tool for project management. It's free for up to 5 members on a team, so it's great for small projects. I love apps and websites that help keep me organized, so I am all over Teambox. The downside is that currently there isn't a gantt chart function, but It looks like they may release one in the next update.
beeguala

Instructional Project Management: An Emerging Professional Practice for Design and Trai... - 2 views

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    This paper explores the relationships between project management and instructional design.
michelle dame

building the ultimate tree house - 0 views

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    step by step project management through the eyes of a young girl. Kids have a hard time finding relevance in school and what they study. This resource walks the reader through the steps of creating the ultimate tree house, which the child wanted to build. For young girls especially it teaches them that they can do the same thing boys do.
Pamela Rubinoff

Trello- Your entire project, in a single glance - 4 views

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    This is a task management web application based on agile methodology. It has a great visual and clean user interface which makes it easy for anyone to understand and use. The features of Trello are easy to use, such as the drag and drop of tasks/cards. This can be easily used for agile requirements gathering as well.
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    I love the idea of this! It's so much better than post-it note reminders and provides so much clarity from initiation to completion and all the steps in between. Thanks!
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    And it's Free! I like the clean look of the software. I might give this a go for my upcoming move. Thanks for posting.
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    The cards really remind me of the Scrum model.
Pamela Rubinoff

Resource Planning Software - 0 views

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    This is a web application tool for resourcing a project and better understanding company-wide resource allocation. From a user testimonial: "The only downside is that it is Flash based and it has been known to crash within certain browsers and especially on a Mac. In saying that, the company that developed this is constantly pushing out bug fixes and new feature sets." o Report Feature.
Giselle Shangi-Ellis

Managing Multicultural Teams - 1 views

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    Very informative article from the Harvard Business Review. Using many real life examples, this article reviews the problems and solutions to managing a multicultural team. Problems can be overt such as language and accents to something subtle such as how to deal with conflict. Four categories were identified by the researchers that could create barriers to effective teamwork. These categories are direct versus indirect communication; trouble with accents and fluency; differing attitudes toward hierarchy and authority and conflicting norms for decision making.
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    I think that one thing that was interesting is that it stresses being careful in how you establish groups and subgroups otherwise you may see a strengthening of differences. It is something that I see in the classroom all of the time. Kids break up based on common culture, language, or backgrounds.
Erik Soder

Systems Thinking: Systems-Oriented View of Organizational Functions - 0 views

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    I like this website and have read most of the topics. I post the homepage URL to show all the topics available, but take note of the few topics on project management. I've had a long interest in the convergence of PM & KM, and both share some similar qualities from the systems-oriented perspective. There are a lot of other authors and resources out there that talk about PM from a systems-thinking approach, but I thought this site a good starting point. A good book for expanding on this topic is Gerald Weinberg's "An Introduction to General Systems Thinking."
Shana Schwarz

Delivering bad news about your project - 0 views

started by Shana Schwarz on 12 Apr 13 no follow-up yet
Jaime Clark

Managing Scope Creep - 1 views

I think this is a good reminder that nothing goes as planned...and that remaining in control of the project (having a plan) is the key to keeping things in line. Avoid the creep. Kinda makes me wan...

Shana Schwarz

More lessons on what NOT to do - 0 views

started by Shana Schwarz on 12 Apr 13 no follow-up yet
Margo Bedford

GoPlan - 0 views

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    Great product for collaborating. Keep track of your projects and collaborate with your colleagues securely through an intuitive user interface.
Margo Bedford

N0ZBE, Simply Getting it Done - 0 views

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    This is a great tool to help teams get organized and get in synch. Us this tool to organize your time and projects.
Rhonda DeYoung

Problem Solving Activity: A Question Checklist to Investigate Probelms - 3 views

What a great idea this activity. I think this can help us on the big project we are creating as teams this semester. I especially liked the part on spend as much time as you need asking why in you...

project management Management communication PM problem solving investigating problems

Rhonda DeYoung

PM EdWeb - 0 views

project management PM

started by Rhonda DeYoung on 18 Feb 13 no follow-up yet
Ted Penberthy

Facing the Perfect Storm: Managing Employee Anger in the Workplace - 0 views

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    "Anger can move people to improve and surmount challenges or it can destroy an organization from the inside out." Tips for the emotionally intelligent project manager.
sshadowlight

Project Management Humor, Proverbs, and Laws - 1 views

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    Because ultimately, if you're not having fun, you're in the wrong line of work...
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    Humor-so often forgotten, but so crucial! Thanks for the reminder.
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    I like them! I am going to try and use some of them to liven up the mood in some of the PM meeting I'm in...everyone is so serious! :)
brookg

Elearning Project Managment video - 2 views

shared by brookg on 19 Feb 12 - Cached
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    A quick video about one successful e-learning project management approach. She includes a section for story-boarding in her process, which I think is a really cool creative step between instructional design and production.
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    This was a great video you found Brook. I enjoyed the quality of the production, but I also think it did a great job of summarizing the total process. It actually cleared up a couple misconception I had with the process. Thanks for the post.
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    Nice find Brook! Nice summary and good points to think about. Thanks for the post.
brookg

PM cartoons - 2 views

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    This is a website dedicated to Project Management comics. These are good for a few laughs but they also put some of what we've been reading about into story-boarded scenarios. I think those without any project management experience will find it helpful in adding some context to our readings.
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