... needs to be paid tothe overall effect on the fiber cable management Dedicated Troughing System As the fibers are routed from the ODF tothe FOT equipment, they need to be protected In order to ... reconfiguring the network can be difficult If the patch cord that is routed from the FOT and the ODF is too short to reach the far end of the lineup, another patch cord may have to be run between the ODF ... Splicing Let’s return tothe subject of splicing, to discuss its relation tothe ODF The splicing of OSP fibers to connectorized pigtails, to allow termination panel access tothe OSP fiber, can...
... participants often replicate the principles in many areas of their work and teach them to others The LDP makes a profound difference in health managers' attitudes toward their work Rather than feeling defeated ... [2], and others [3] With the formation of the Global Health Workforce Alliance and the commitment of organizations such as the WHO, we now have mechanisms to provide leadership at the global ... diminish social-sector expenditure Managers in many countries say that the leadership to address these issues is lacking There are pilot projects and examples of effective HR solutions at the country...
... bringing theproject team together to believe in theproject As valuable as projectmanagement s best practices are, they can’t instill leadership This book is the insight we need to pass on tothe ... would meet with each of the five contractors separately—not to tell them something, but to listen to what they had to say When they were with the four other competitors, they were all guarded and ... way to get the most bang for the buck I wanted the five companies who were going to bid to be involved in the process of refining the requirements Because they were the ones who had to respond to...
... reports The meetings are not a chance for you to beat them up or to tell them how to their jobs but rather should be pegged to their agenda—what they want to talk about, factors that affect their ... individual contributors on the team, the customer, themanagement food chain involved in the project, and yourself, theproject manager > Successful leadership through the people—customer, management, ... www.amanet.org THEPROJECTMANAGEMENT JUNGLE projects are hard!” Yes, they are hard, but a few key factors have become tangled together over time to create the modern projectmanagement jungle:...
... www.amanet.org THEPROJECTMANAGEMENT JUNGLE projects are hard!” Yes, they are hard, but a few key factors have become tangled together over time to create the modern projectmanagement jungle: ... individual contributors on the team, the customer, themanagement food chain involved in the project, and yourself, theproject manager > Successful leadership through the people—customer, management, ... from theProjectManagement Jungle What Creates theProjectManagement Jungle? TACTILE Management Defined Succeeding in theProjectManagement Jungle 14 PART II :The Foundation of TACTILE Management...
... reports The meetings are not a chance for you to beat them up or to tell them how to their jobs but rather should be pegged to their agenda—what they want to talk about, factors that affect their ... help followers learn how to work together Your job is to get the team to work together so that needed information flows quickly and accurately There is no time to waste To make all this work, your ... ResultsTheproject manager’s ability to blend the other six characteristics to produce the desired business execution results Generating solid business results is why we what we do, right? The...
... Simply, it expects you to: > > > Listen to team members in the areas that matter to them Help them to meet their own work goals Lead them in the effort to establish and meet the overriding team ... Analysis, at the end of the third story Tale from theProjectManagement Jungle: The Gang That Could (Finally)—Scope Because I was new tothe semiconductor business, my first task was getting to know ... the beginning to tailor the approach tothe team members American Management Association • www.amanet.org THE TRIPLE EXPECTATIONS PYRAMID AND YOUR TEAM 99 and to tell them that good project management...
... misunderstand theproject charter process during initiation, allowing other agendas to piggyback onto it They also pay too little attention early on tothe details of theproject scope Thekey areas ... PITFALLS IN THE FIVE KEY PHASES OF A PROJECT trust with integrity, while being the right kind of strong leader to enable the team to generate the desired execution results Avoiding Toxic Management ... customers, your management, and your team what they need to hear, even if they vehemently not want to hear it at the time The wisdom (or emotional intelligence) is in knowing what they need to...
... useful tothe people generating the data This requires that your approach totheproject be one of solving the team’s problems, rather than controlling theproject Your mindset needs to be that ... types an entry into the schedule projected on the screen in the front of the room She looks up, a weary smile on her face “We’re done, gang.” They begin to stand and move toward the doors “One ... American Management Association • www.amanet.org 170 AVOIDING PITFALLS IN THE FIVE KEY PHASES OF A PROJECT Then we all get back together and see if that has affected the milestone schedule One of the...
... IN THE FIVE KEY PHASES OF A PROJECT how this project phase is approached in the PM profession PMs are too often trained to bother anybody on theproject until they get the data they think they ... needs to be on the tasks and risks and the actions needed to avert those risks for the next few milestones That takes up the bulk of the page Next, list all the remaining milestones At the bottom ... need to control theproject Then they try to implement their decisions and often find they don’t get the cooperation to make it work Your job is to work with (not control) your stakeholders management, ...
... wedge into your efforts to get thekey managers to work together Stoplight Charts Most project managers in my experience either use too few or too many metrics to try to understand their projects ... in theprojectmanagement community on PMIS The PMBOK Guide defines PMIS as “an automated system used by theprojectmanagement team to aid execution of the activities planned in theprojectmanagement ... metric for the top ten risks they face and then play all sorts of games to avoid having to react tothe metric If two or more of your top ten risks move toward greater risk in a given month, then mark...
... aspects of theproject and try to control theproject through the traditional triple constraints of performance, schedule, and cost They essentially ignore the people aspects of theproject or ... TACTILE Management is centered on people These tools are all just ways to help you, theproject manager, sharpen your focus where it needs to be—not on chasing the next looming deadline and then the ... Strategies for Tough Times New York: Warner Books, 1992 ProjectManagement Institute A Guide totheProjectManagement Body of Knowledge: PMBOK Guide 3rd ed Newton Square, Penn: Project Management...
... greater emphasis to neither of the two, not to bias the decision makers Thus there is a need to study the cost aspect of engagement decisions The remarkable fact is, the findings of today’s researches, ... is the top priority to lead employees to engagement The report singles out having the opportunity to feed their views and opinions upwards as the most important driver of people’s engagement The ... to be valuable way of bringing employers and employees closer together tothe benefit of both where employees experience a sense of community, the space to be themselves and the opportunity to...
... needs to be paid tothe overall effect on the fiber cable management Dedicated Troughing System As the fibers are routed from the ODF tothe FOT equipment, they need to be protected In order to ... reconfiguring the network can be difficult If the patch cord that is routed from the FOT and the ODF is too short to reach the far end of the lineup, another patch cord may have to be run between the ODF ... Splicing Let’s return tothe subject of splicing, to discuss its relation tothe ODF The splicing of OSP fibers to connectorized pigtails, to allow termination panel access tothe OSP fiber, can...
... Needless to say, you'll need to back up that claim with additional facts and success stories However, rather than telling the customer that your product is "exciting" you've shown the customer a ... works because it shows the customer why your product is unique rather than simply telling the customer that it's so With that in mind, it's pretty easy to figure out whether your sales message ... part of the world's largest print services company thus can pass the economies of scale along to you." The rewritten message will need to be buttressed with some stories about existing customers...
... trying to find something about theprojectto make the statement that they know better than theproject team Meanwhile, theproject team plays a guessing game trying to determine what the review ... everything bubbles its way up tothe top Everyone working on theproject understands the objectives, the scope, the milestones, and the deadlines This explicit hierarchy is the first, and often only, ... Extending Project Governance for SOA Beginning the SOA Journey The First Milestone The Second Milestone The Opportunity Beginning Your SOA Journey KeyProject Roles The Service Contract Adding SOA to...
... managing theproject “shot themselves in the foot,” and set up a situation that was detrimental not only totheproject itself, but also tothe public perception of theproject 23 From a projectmanagement ... appropriate ProjectManagement Knowledge Areas TheProjectManagement Knowledge Areas organize theprojectmanagement processes from theProjectManagement Process Groups into nine Knowledge Areas These ... areas are: Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Project Time Management, Project Cost Management, Project Quality Management, Project Human Resource Management, Project Communications...
... downward tothe technicians and others who support theprojectThe team develops the goals, and theproject manager, as a representative of the team, presents them tothe company Meeting ManagementProject ... prevent them from contributing effectively tothe project, theproject manager cannot order them to change their agendas He or she can try to persuade them by explaining the corporate culture and the ... from a project manager who is willing to mentor you • Consider working as a project coordinator This entry-level position leads to a projectmanagement role Project coordinators assist project...
... don’t have the time to commit to your project • Their department managers don’t want to give up their labor for the time you’ll need • They have no commitment totheproject or to its goals These ... effective to offer a solution that makes sense to top management If they recognize the value of allowing project managers to choose their own teams, they will be more likely to allow you to take ... fulfillment, and customer service to develop information necessary totheproject Depending on the complexity of theproject and the number of people on the team, you may structure theproject one of...