101 Things Every Project Manager Should Know 101

1-Get Users Involved As Early As .... -1

Possible
Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP
2-Avoid Whack-a-Mole ...... -2
Development . .
Venkat Subramaniam
3- A Word Can Make You Miss -3
Your Deadline ..
Pavel Simsa, PMP
4-Make Project Sponsors Write -4
Their Own Requirements .......
Miyoko Takeya, PMP
5-Favor the Simple Over the - -5
Complex . . ......
Scott Davis
6 - Pay Your Debts . . . . . . . . . . . ...... -6
.......
Brian Sletten
7- Add Talents, Not Skills, to Your -7
Team ...
Richard Sheridan
8 -Keep It Simple, - -8
Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......
Krishna Kadali, M. Tech
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9- You Arent Special . . . . . . . . .
....... .........
Jared Richardson
10-Scrolling Through ...... -10
Time . . . . . . . . . . .
Kim MacCormack
11-Save Money on Your -11
Issues . . . . . . . .
Randy Loomis, PMP
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12-How to Spot a Good IT -12
Developer . . .....
James Graham, PMP
13-Developer Productivity: : -13
Skilled Versus Average
Neal Ford
14-Size Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... -14
.......
Anupam Kundu
15-Document Your Process, Then -15
Make Sure It Is Followed
Monte Davis, MCSE
16-Go Ahead, Throw That - -16
Practice Out .
Naresh Jain
17-Requirement Specifications: -17
An Oxymoron
Alan Greenblatt
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18-Success Is Always Measured
in Business Value
Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP
19-Dont Skip Vacations for the -19
Project .
Joe Zenevitch
20-Provide Regular Time to ) -20
Focus . . . . . (
James Leigh
21-Project Management Is -21
Problem Management
Lorin Unger
22-Empowering Developers: A -22
Man Named Time
Ken Sipe
23-Clever Code Is Hard to -23
Maintain. . . . .
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David Wood
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24-Managing Human Factors in
IT Project Management
James Graham, PMP
25-Use a -25
Wiki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adrian Wible
26-The Missing Link . . . . . . . . . . -26
.......
Paul Waggoner, MBA, PMP,
MCSE, CHP, CHSS
27-Estimate, Estimate, Estimate ) -27, , ,(
.......
Richard Sheridan
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28-Developers UnitePMOs Are
Advancing
Angelo Valle
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29-Value Results, Not Just
Effort . . . . . . ) (
Venkat Subramaniam
30-Software Failure Is -30
Organizational Failure
Brian Sletten
31-A Voice from the Other Side . -31 )
...... (
Marty Skomal, MPA
32-Keep Your -32
Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . .
James Graham, PMP
33-How Do You Define -33
Finished? . . . .
Brian Sam-Bodden
34-The 60/60 Rule . . . . . . . . . . . -34
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.......
David Wood
35-We Have Met the Enemy -35
and He Is Us
Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP
36-Work in Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . -36
.......
James Leigh
-37 37-To Think Own Self Be True . . .
...... .
Harry Tucker
38-Meetings Dont Write -38
Code . . . . . . . .
William J. Mills
39-Chart a Course for -39
Change . . . . . . . . .
Kathy MacDougall
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40-IT Program Management:
Shared Vision
David Diaz Castillo, MBA, PMP
41-Planning for -41
Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Craig Letavec, PMP, PgMP, MSP
42-The Fallacy of Perfect -42
Execution . . . .
David Wood
43-Introduce a More Agile -43
Communication
System . . . . . . .
Brian Sam-Bodden
44-Dont Worship a -44
Methodology. . . . . .
Fabio Teixeira de Melo, PMP
45-Dont Throw Spreadsheets at -45
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People Issues
Anupam Kundu
46-One Deliverable, One Person -46
......
Alan Greenblatt
47-The Fallacy of Perfect -47
Knowledge . . .
David Wood
48-Build Teams to Run -48
Marathons, Not Sprints
Naresh Jain
49-The Holy Trinity of Project -49
Management ()
Paul Waggoner, MBA, PMP,
MCSE, CHP, CHSS
50-Roadmaps: What Have We
Done for You Lately? . . . . . .
Kathy MacDougall
51-The Importance of the Project
Scope Statement . . . . . . .
Kim Heldman, PMP
52-Align Vision and Expected
Outcome .
David Diaz Castillo, MBA, PMP
53-Alice Doesnt Live Here
Anymore . . .
Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP
54-Avoiding Contract
Disputes . . . . . . . .
Jorge Gelabert, PMP
55-You Get What You Measure . .
.....
Naresh Jain
56-Dont Fall into the Not
Invented Here Syndrome . . . . .
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Dr. Paul Giammalvo, CDT, CCE,
MScPM
57-Favor the Now Over the Soon
......
Scott Davis
58-Speed Is Life; More Is Better .
......
Matt Boom Daniel
59-Building the Morale on Your
Team . .
David Bock
60-A Project Depends on
Teamwork . . .
Lelio Varella, PMP
61-Serve Your
Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Karen Gillison
62-The Fallacy of the Big Round
Ball . . .
David Wood
63-Responding to a Crisis . . . . .
.......
James Graham, PMP
64-Know Your Integration Points
......
Monte Davis, MCSE
65-Aggressively Promote
Communication in Distributed
Projects
Anupam Kundu
66-Start with the End in Mind . .
......
Luis E. Torres, PMP
67-Clear Terms, Long Friendship!
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Matteo Becchi, PMP
68-The Best Estimators: Those
Who Do the Work . . . . . . .
Joe Zenevitch
69-Communicating Is Key . . . . .
.......
Gennady Mironov, CPM
70-A Project Is the Pursuit of a
Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
........
Cynthia A. Berg, PhD (ABD), PMP
71-Its the People, Stupid . . . . . .
.......
Adrian Wible
72-Documents Are a Means, Not
an End
Patrick Kua
73-Can Earned Value and
Velocity Coexist on Reports? . . .
.
Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP
74-Scope Change Happens; Get
Used to It . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pavel Simsa, PMP
75-Buying Ready-Made Software
......
Ernani Marques da Silva, MBA,
PMP, PgMP
76-Project SponsorsGood, Bad,
and Ugly . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jorge Gelabert, PMP
77-Should You Under-Promise, or
Over-Deliver? . . . . . . . .
Joe Zenevitch
78-Every Project Manager Is a
Contract Administrator . . . . .
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Fabio Teixeira de Melo, PMP
79-Important, but Not
Urgent . . . . . . . . .
Alex Miller
80-Teach the Process . . . . . . . . .
.......
Richard Sheridan
81-The Fallacy of
Status . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Udi Dahan
82-What Do They Want to Hear,
Anyway? . . . . . . . . . . .
Martha Legare, MBA, PMP
83-Recognize the Value of Team
Morale
David Bock
84-Engage Stakeholders All
Through Project Life . . . . . . . .
Lukeman Lawal, M.ENG, MNSE,
R.ENGR.
85-The Value of Planning . . . . . .
......
Derry Simmel, PMP, MBA, FLMI
86-Dont Always Be The
Messenger . .
Matt Secoske
87-Effectively Manage the
Deliverables
Ernani Marques da Silva, MBA,
PMP, PgMP
88-We Are Project Managers, Not
Superheroes . . . . . . .
Angyne J. Schock-Smith, PMP
89-Increase Communication:
Hold Frequent, Instant Meetings
......
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Richard Sheridan
90-Flexibility Simplifies Project
Management . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Krishna Kadali, M. Tech
91-The Web Points the Way, for
Now . .
David Wood
92-Developers Hate Status
Reports, Managers Love
Them . . . . .
Pavel Simsa, PMP
93-You Are Not in
Control . . . . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Kua
94-Share the Vision . . . . . . . . . .
.......
Jared Richardson
95-True Success Comes with a
Supporting Organization . . . .
Cynthia A. Berg, PhD (ABD), PMP
96-Establish Project
Management
Governance . . . . . . . .
Ernani Marques da Silva, MBA,
PMP, PgMP
97- Reasons I Hate Your
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP
98-Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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99-Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ibrahim Alhariri.phD
100-Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ibrahim Alhariri.phD
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101-Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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