Archives for the 'Planning' Category
The Manager as Decision-Maker [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
I have a guest-post up at Slacker Manager today, check it out. [link]
Being a successful manager depends on taking responsibility as a leader, and one of the duties of a leader is to make decisions. Making good decisions can influence morale, for good or ill. Your decisions can solve or create problems. Some days all [...]
Awaken the Giant Procrastinator Within! [7P Productions]
Image source: Sukanto Debnath
For those who follow Getting Things Done or any other kind of a productivity system, you know what I mean if I use the phrase “productivity guilt.” You have something on your schedule that you’re supposed to be doing, or some task that is on your to-do list, and you just [...]
How To: Get the Most Out of Brainstorming [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
[Editor’s note - This post is an excerpt from my forthcoming e-course - Project Planning in Context ©. Read through to the end to learn how to get the premium E-book (no charge!).]
Affinity Diagrams
Organizing Ideas Into Common Themes
Is it ever a bad thing to have too many ideas? Probably not, but if you’ve ever [...]
5pm - New Online Project Management Tool [Ian's Messy Desk]
I’m not involve with much project management. However, I know the importance good technology tools play in project management.
5pm is an online project management application that works inside yourbrowser and can be accessed from anywhere. It comes with what they call a “smart customizable interface” and a wide range of features:
Simple projects/tasks tree navigation
Powerful dual panel [...]
News Updates [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
Good day all. I have just posted a new topic in the PKM Forum, regarding the future of Productivity Practices and what may lie ahead for us. Please take a look, and share what you think. Here is part of it:
How is technology affecting productivity practices?
Where will it be in five years?
Will changes to the [...]
Thunderbird and Lightning, Very Very Frightening! [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
Today’s guest post is by Al at 7P Productions.
For those of us who are warriors of the Information Age, we use the email and calendar applications like a sword and shield. For the apps, the usual suspects include Microsoft with MS Outlook and Google with Gmail and Google Calendar (gCal). Because I do much of [...]
A Gift to Yourself at Christmas [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
Today’s guest post is from Mike St. Pierre of The Daily Saint.
I recently posted a timely meditation for Christmas which gives reason for pause. Beyond the gifts and the buildup to December 25 lies a simple question: am I more productive than I was last year? This question is really universal in scope [...]
Sure, I Love the Christmas Season [Productivity @ Home]
Every Friday, I share my thoughts on Family Fun.
They’re supposed to be about family and fun, these weeks leading up to Christmas, right?! When a friend forwarded me this You Tube video today, I couldn’t help but smile and hear a bit of my own voice in the beautiful singing of Tajci. How many [...]
Saving Project Quality [HD BizBlog 1.2]
In response to yesterday’s post on defining the terms of a project, Rolf at Evomend had a comment about Quality:
…whenever project managers are under pressure and think they can’t “adjust†any of the Time, Cost or Scope factors, they’re tempted to compromise Quality.
Have you seen this too? Is Quality something that needs to be laid [...]
Saving Project Quality [@Stephen | Productivity in Context]
In response to yesterday’s post on defining the terms of a project, Rolf at Evomend had a comment about Quality:
…whenever project managers are under pressure and think they can’t “adjust†any of the Time, Cost or Scope factors, they’re tempted to compromise Quality.
Have you seen this too? Is Quality something that needs to be laid [...]