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Green Project Management Its Time Has Come

Today we are interviewing Rich Maltzman, PMP® and David Shirley, PMP® of EarthPM about green project management.

Please visit their bios on the Authors page to learn more about their background.

The Interview

I’d like to ask you both a few questions so we can better understand green project management in general and your vision […]

Taking the Initial Steps Toward Understanding The Project Management Function in an Organization – Part 2

In Part I we looked at the beginning of a high level approach to taking the initial steps to learn about an organization’s project management function. The client, who is a service company, had plans to grow their project management function by an additional 100 project management employees worldwide within 2 – 3 years and […]

Taking the Initial Steps Toward Understanding The Project Management Function in an Organization – Part 1

When I meet with a client for the first time about how they might improve their project management function, I prefer to spend the first few meetings getting to learn about their organization, how the project management function is structured and perceived, and their long-term goals and objectives.

Let me describe one such meeting.

I […]

What Good Project Managers and Professional Athletes Have in Common

Professional athletes are revered and often worshipped for their skills and their performance in their respective sports. There are multi-million dollar parades and lavish parties that are held with thousands of people in attendance. Project managers, on the other hand, are given a pat on the back, sometimes an opportunity to take their team out […]

Hey Project Sponsor – We Need Your Help Please!

First, let’s define Sponsor. According to the Project Management Institute’s, The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide, the Sponsor “is the person or group [of people] that provides the financial resources, in cash or in kind, for the project.” As defined by Wikipedia.com, “….(t)he project sponsor will be a senior executive in a corporation […]