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if it looks too good to be true…
I thought I’d share some of my lessons learned from my summertime projects over the next few posts. One thing I’ve learned is that the old adage is true: “if it looks too good to be true, it probably...
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Lesson learned #2 – never underestimate the importance of UAT
Continuing with my “lessons learned” series, the second lesson learned from my latest projects concerns user acceptance testing. What is this, you say? This is a test conducted by the customer to...
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Lesson Learned #3 – make sure people show up
Working in a small academic library, I had not really encountered project meetings before where key people just didn’t show up. If folks didn’t show up to a meeting, we simply walked over to their...
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information brief on PM – just the facts!
The Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) will be launching a new initiative called “information briefs” at the OLA Super Conference, coming up soon. Information briefs are 2 page...
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2 wee free online tools for the PM
Two free online tools that I’ve used this week that have made life a bit easier are: Trello – Trello is not new, in fact I tweeted this great article in CBS MoneyWatch about Trello a year ago now…but...
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PM’s dirty little secret article – good read
A good article over at HBR Blogs – The Dirty Little Secret of Project Management. Kinda simplifies PM a bit IMHO – is it really so simple as those 3 little secrets (track key variables, keep your team...
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great project management course and book!
Just want to give a shout out to the great folks at OntarioLearn for another great course! Last fall, I enrolled in the course “Project Management Scheduling Software” which was all about MSProject...
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What is project management, anyway?
I had a win for the project management camp this week! In my conversations with librarians, many times I hear that project management isn’t really needed because the time spent on it could be spent on...
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year 1 lessons learned
It’s been one year since I’ve been working as a project manager (half time with the other half as a librarian) so thought I’d sum up the 4 things I’ve learned about PM that I didn’t know before or...
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Project Management World – Top Sessions
This past week I was fortunate to attend Project Management World in Toronto! There were some amazing sessions – I’ll briefly give a run down on the sessions I liked best: Tips for using MSP to...
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