by PMO Advisory | Aug 22, 2015 | Management
This is an excellent example of an “agile” project management in which the bind that connects all people is the common goal – clearing the street. In Agile Project Management, everyone is united by a common understanding and agreement of the...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 13, 2015 | Management
IMHO, the difference between a product and project manager comes down to two simple criteria – P/L and lifecycle. Product manager has (or ought to have) profit / loss responsibilities and managing the product over the natural lifecycle. This requiring defining...
by PMO Advisory | Jan 3, 2015 | Leadership, Management
Introduction Over the holidays, my family took a short relaxing trip to the Poconos for a bit of skilling and relaxation. We stayed at the Bushkill Inns and Conference Center, a newly renovated hotel that is one of the best in the area. TripAdvisors and other travel...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 16, 2014 | Leadership, Management
Recently, I had a negative experience with one of my favorite cloud services – Dropbox. Dropbox is one of the most mature of the cloud storage services, and the apps are on every platform I can think of. It is also pre-integrated with many if not most of the...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 2, 2014 | Management
Some say management is a science because like other scientific pursuits, there are predictable patterns that we can see, touch, and feel. Perhaps most important of all, it can be proven wrong – which is the hallmark of science. Like finding the nth digit to the...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 17, 2014 | Leadership, Management
Cases proving the value of in-house critics, dissenters and whistle blowers demonstrate that “groupidity”, a special form of groupthink wherein we collectively become willing to take risks we individually recognize as stupid, is alive and well. Since most new ideas...
