Do you understand the difference between consensus and compromise? The words sound alike but the distinction is important.
I recently attended a conflict resolution class lead by Judy Mares-Dixon, a well known mediator and designer of dispute resolution systems for organizations around the world. Our class spent a lot of time discussing compromise versus consensus. › Continue reading…
Now, while I advocate variety is the spice of life in all personal matters, when it comes to having repeatable consistency in professional endeavors, companies don’t want to find themselves reinventing the wheel with every new project. I have sometimes seen project managers struggling to figure out how to get started or what to do next when they’ve executed similar projects before. When an organization is getting started establishing a project management methodology, I find it best to start simple. › Continue reading…
By Cindy Vandersleen, PMP
One of the most common practices in many project team meetings is the classic “go around the room and collect status” from each team member. This works quite well for the project manager because everyone is collected together and in an efficient hour’s time he/she can collect the information needed for the weekly status report. The problem with that is that for everyone else in the room, once they have their 2-5 minutes of fame reporting their status, the rest of the time is usually irrelevant to them, so they tend to zone out, talk amongst themselves, do email, or yes, even yawn off. › Continue reading…