Stop Thinking Goal, Think Practice I’m a big advocate of clearly defined goals and goal achievement. To my surprise, I think I may have been misplacing some of the emphasis. It’s not always about the goal. It might be about the practice. September will soon be here and with it the return to our classrooms for students and faculty. If you’re a teacher, I recommend this book and another of O’Reilley’s, . To summarize her book is difficult. In the Foreword, written by Peter Elbow, I learn that I’m not the only person so deeply affected by O’Reilley’s writing. It’s not that we ever achieve the goal per se. Nonjudgmental presence.
10 best practices for successful project management The right mix of planning, monitoring, and controlling can make the difference in completing a project on time, on budget, and with high quality results. These guidelines will help you plan the work and work the plan. The right mix of planning, monitoring, and controlling can make the difference in completing a project on time, on budget, and with high quality results. These guidelines will help you plan the work and work the plan. Given the high rate of project failures, you might think that companies would be happy to just have their project finish with some degree of success. Note: This article is also available as a PDF download. 1: Plan the work by utilizing a project definition document There is a tendency for IT infrastructure projects to shortchange the planning process, with an emphasis on jumping right in and beginning the work. Project overview: Why is the Exchange migration taking place? 2: Create a planning horizon 3: Define project management procedures up front
untitled A short course in project management - Project Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step By Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson Carl Cha tfield is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Project as well as specific usability issues. Timothy Johnson has previously worked as an Office Project support professional for several years. Carl and Timothy are the authors of Microsoft Project 2000 Step by Step, Microsoft Project Version 2002 Step by Step and Microsoft Office Project 2003 Step by Step, all from Microsoft Press. To learn more about other books on the 2007 Microsoft Office system, visit Microsoft Press. In this article Understand what defines a project The project triangle: view projects in terms of time, cost, and scope Time, cost, and scope: manage project constraints Manage your projects with Project 2007 Understand what defines a project First, a project is temporary. Next, a project is an endeavor. Finally, every project creates a unique product or service. Top of Page Time Cost
Learning Mastery vs Achievement Goals GanttProject Pros Useful for tracking time-to-finish on projects. Cons Controls and procedures are non-intuitive, and there is no manual or help file included with the software. Summary The lack of documentation and the sometimes inconsistent behavior of the software leads to frustration. Reply to this review Was this review helpful? easy to use. Has trouble printing. You would think that a piece of software whose main purpose is to create a chart would be able to PRINT that chart. Was this review helpful? If you are used to MS Project, then you will find this very easy to use. Severely limited functionality makes it run out of gas quickly. You get what you pay for. Was this review helpful? All the gantt features you could want.Resonably stableRuns on any platform. Some of the features are not intuitive, e.g. you use the middle mouse to drag a task left or right. Great alternative to MS Project if you are on a budget, or need cross platform (i.e. Was this review helpful? See cons. Please Wait
Mastery Goals vs. Performance Goals 3 Types of Goals You Should Set in 2015 As the end of the year draws near, I have a tendency to reflect on the goals I’ve accomplished and start to think about the things I would like to do in the year ahead. But goals are a tricky thing. Set a bad goal and you could end up wasting time and energy. Set a wrong goal and you could end up in a situation you really didn’t want. For instance, let’s say I set a goal to learn how to code. There’s nothing wrong with coding, right? To make sure we set relevant goals, it’s important to understand what goals are and how they differ from objectives. The difference between goals and objectives Often we use the terms goals and objectives interchangeably. Goals are long-term achievements. Objectives are specific achievements to help you reach the goal. Using my example above of learning how to code, here are an example of a goal and an objective: Goal: “I want to learn how to code well enough to attend a hackathon.” Three types of goals 1. 2. 3. Using a SMART plan Tags: For Employees
Everything is a project, even this As often happens in life, when I meet people at a party or some work thing and they ask what I do, I tell them I write books. They ask what kind of books, and when I mention I wrote a book about project management they get all condescending. Why would you write a book about something as boring as project management? To which, I often say. And they say, what? And I say, again, Everything is a project. How did you get to this party? Then I say the kicker, project management is only as boring as the thing being managed. On a good day, they look at me for a long moment, their faces frozen with that lost in thought look we all make when someone surprises us with something interesting to say. On a bad day, they conclude I’m more boring than they thought, and despite their full Martini in hand, excuse themselves to the bar to get a drink. There are many ways to look at all that we do, but the project-centric view is potent.