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Entries in Project Manager Tools (25)
A Brief History of Change – Evolution and Revolution
Next in our brief history of change - Change as part of the landscape. Before, the world was static, and so were requirements...
Larry Cone
in Case Studies, Project Manager Tools
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A Brief History of Change – In the Beginning
Some feel that managing change is the central issue in systems development. I have always maintained that the central issue in systems development is communication. I’ll concede that, in the current environment, change issues increasingly dominate discussions of process. So lets talk about change.
Larry Cone
in Best of coneblog, Project Manager Tools
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PM Tools – The Frame
How you ask a question has a lot to do with the answer that you get. This concept is well known to those who ask questions for a living – pollsters, attorneys, investigators, reporters, and the like. The concept suggests an important tool in the project manager’s toolbox – the Frame.
Larry Cone
in Project Manager Tools
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“Chunking” – A Key Project Management Skill
A wise colleague of mine, who specializes in IT governance issues, observed at breakfast the other day that “Chunking” was a key project management skill.
By “Chunking”, my friend Don means that activity done in the pre-project phase in which the prospective project is divided into “chunks” that are digestible by the IT organization, or the enterprise as a whole.
Larry Cone
in Best Practices, News & Events, Project Manager Tools
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For Inclusion - Think like a Hound Dog
As I mentioned, I was the dinner speaker the other night at a professional society dinner, and I gave my talk on tools for the project manager. After my talk, a woman came up to me with a suggestion on how to address the inclusion issue; “Think Like a Hound Dog.”
Larry Cone
in Best Practices, Project Manager Tools
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