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				<title>10 People-Related Project Mistakes </title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Great article on how to deal with project resource personalities.<br /> <br /> [quote]In this installment of Getting the Best Out of Geeks, we spoke with project management guru Dr. Steve Flannes to get the scoop on the ten biggest people-related mistakes that IT project managers can make. As the principal of the consultancy Flannes & Associates, he specializes in managing people through projects and is the author of Essential People Skills for Project Managers. <br /> <br /> Many of your valuable geeks are most at home while working on big projects. Because these IT projects can make or break managers, it is critical that you consider how to best utilize the people who carry them out. [/quote]<br /> <br /> <br /> [i][b]Full Story:[/b][/i] [url]http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/10-PeopleRelated-Project-Mistakes/[/url]<br /> <br /> ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:50:43]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ KBoswell]]></author>
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				<title>Recession Causes Rising IT Project Failure Rates</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ <br /> Good article on how the recession is effecting project success.<br /> <br /> [quote]Recession-related IT budget slashing and layoffs are taking their toll on IT project success rates, according to the results of the latest CHAOS Summary 2009 report from The Standish Group. [/quote]<br /> <br /> <br /> [b][i]Full Story:[/i][/b] [url]http://www.cio.com/article/495306/Recession_Causes_Rising_IT_Project_Failure_Rates_?source=CIONLE_nlt_insider_2009-06-22[/url]<br /> <br /> ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:48:00]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Having the Unpleasant Conversations You'd Rather Avoid</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ [quote]There's one project leadership challenge that I dread above all others: talking with a team member who is underperforming relative to the needs of the project and/or the unrealistically high standards of excellence that I hold for myself and others. It's not that I'm conflict averse. In fact, there are times when I flat out enjoy a roiling argument or a self-righteous rant. In those cases, I don't bloody well care what the other party thinks of me, nor whether the relationship will be in tatters as a result. Hey, sometimes I'm even purposely torturing the poor bugger! But when it's a friend, colleague, or team member with whom I'd like to have some kind of continuing civility, maybe even a productive working relationship, it can be downright paralyzing. "What if I screw it up?" I muse to myself. "What if I inappropriately blurt out my frustrations with their perceived ineptness?" I ruminate. If they are critical to the success of the project, and rather difficult to replace in a pinch, I wonder "What if they tell me to get stuffed, scream that they never want to see my ugly puss again, or simply spend the remainder of the project seething quietly, hostility oozing from every pore, while deftly undermining every important aspect of the project within their grasp?" It's enough to stop me dead in my tracks just around the bend from their office, or freeze my index finger poised just above the bright green 'call' button on my brand new iPhone. - [b][i] - Kimberly M. Wiefling, M.S. - ProjectConnections[/i][/b] [/quote]<br /> <br /> <br /> [b][i]Full Article: [/i][/b]- [url]http://blog.projectconnections.com/kimberly_wiefling/2009/05/eat-your-spinach-its-good-for-you-having-the-unpleasant-conversations-youd-rather-avoid.html[/url]<br /> <br /> ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 May 2009 10:52:43]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ JGlander]]></author>
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				<title>10 Brutal Realities of Project Management</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ [quote]Times are tough, and project managers need to understand how the downturn may affect their operations. Baseline interviewed two project management experts, Michael Welles of EdWel Programs, a project management training company, and Lou Russell of Russell Martin Associates, a consulting firm, to feel the Project Management Office’s pain.[b][i] - Baseline Magazine[/i][/b][/quote]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [b][i]Full Article:[/i][/b] <a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Project-Management/10-Brutal-Realities-of-Project-Management/?kc=BLBLBEMNL04232009STR5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Project-Management/10-Brutal-Realities-of-Project-Management/?kc=BLBLBEMNL04232009STR5</a>]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:54:46]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ JGlander]]></author>
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				<title>10 People-Related Project Mistakes</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ [quote]In this installment of Getting the Best Out of Geeks, we spoke with project management guru Dr. Steve Flannes to get the scoop on the ten biggest people-related mistakes that IT project managers can make. As the principal of the consultancy Flannes & Associates, he specializes in managing people through projects and is the author of Essential People Skills for Project Managers.  <br /> <br /> Many of your valuable geeks are most at home while working on big projects. Because these IT projects can make or break managers, it is critical that you consider how to best utilize the people who carry them out.  - [i][b]Baseline Magazine[/b][/i] [/quote]<br /> <br /> <br /> [b][i]Full Article :[/i][/b] [url]http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/10-PeopleRelated-Project-Mistakes/[/url]<br /> <br /> ]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:53:37]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Microsoft Project 101 - Getting Started (Video)</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ [b]This is a brief tutorial on using MS-Project.[/b]<br /> <br /> &nbsp;Topics covered include:<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* The purpose of Project Plans<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Creating Tasks<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Setting Dates and Durations<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Creating Sub Tasks<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Creating Milestones<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Creating Task Linkages<br /> <br /> <br /> [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3944330&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1[/vimeo]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> John Glander<br /> <a class="snap_shots" href="mailto:jglander@level5partners.com">jglander@level5partners.com</a><br /> (201)377-5517]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:17:18]]> GMT</pubDate>
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