Cost Estimating
Product, project, and engineering managers are faced with many tasks on any given day. We must manage people, technologies, and the project itself. Stakeholders need to be frequently updated on the...
View ArticleProject Management Knowledge Areas
Project managers are responsible for the completion of projects during a given time period ad with limited resources. Projects are temporary endeavors creating a unique product, service, or result....
View ArticleWhen is the Right Time for Learning?
Learning a new skill or creating a new product from a nascent idea seem like complicated efforts. There have to be a lot of roles and responsibilities identified, we have to spend significant time with...
View ArticleWork-Life Balance
Depending from which generation you hail, your definition of “work-life balance” probably is quite different than your co-workers of another age. Baby boomers stereotypically report to the office...
View ArticleLearning is Important (and Sometimes Urgent)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is quoted as saying, “I have two kinds of problems: the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important and the important are never urgent.” Most of us can...
View ArticleProject Management Contract Types
Project managers play an integral role in selecting third party vendors to perform work on projects. It is no realistic, in most cases, to complete projects with only internal resources. Additional...
View ArticleTeaching and Learning
Recently, an acquaintance phoned me at about 9 am on a Wednesday. While I’m not 100% sure why, she asked if she had awoken me out of bed. I’m assuming that because I work from home, she made a leap of...
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