... Ali — I find it hard to believe that PMI's procedures would prohibit you from claiming 20 hours on project A and 20 hours on project B during the same...
Hi *, I'm managing a testing project and the project team is despersed in X countries. The project consist of 3 releases (phases)and we currently finished...
Wango, You did say what it was you were testing. But I think the problem has little to do with technology (Outlook). There may be benefit in having a more...
Glen, we all (PM and Leads) agreed/commited at the kick-off and during the track about a procedure for the status reporting. It wasn't the case that I orderd...
Wango, Lessons Learned sounds like a good step. We've used http://tis.eh.doe.gov/ll/sells/index.html as a starting place is separate the people from the...
Re: status reports... Given your environment, it may make sense to hire a junior project manager or acquire at low cost a grad-school intern and assign this...
My daughter, a systems administrator, has been advised that she should "beef up" her project management skills. I'd appreciate recommendations regarding a...
... Fred — I have a list on my website with some short commentary: http://www.pmpartners.com/resources/pmbooks.html However, I'm guessing that most of these...
One text we actually use here in the PMO is "Project Management for Dummies." It covers all the basics. It's not a "how to guide" or a reference, but does...
... seems us software folks are even dumber than the first book could fix ;>) HA! And from the peanut gallery...I thank you for mentioning this book, too. I'll...
Hi Nickolas, Your daughter being a systems administrator may be working mostly on database or networking projects, if so please let me know I can help. Angyan ...
Fred, For a systems administrator, she may wish to pursue a CompTIA IT Project + Cert (http://www.comptia.org/certification/itproject/default.asp). If that's...
Message text written by INTERNET:PM-Talk@yahoogroups.com ... should "beef up" her project management skills. I'd appreciate recommendations regarding a good,...
My own introductory PM text, The Project Manager's Partner, has been adopted by several universities and corporate training programs. It is a handbook composed...
Fred - In addition to one or two of the basic texts mentioned so far, I would also recommend these for your daughter: Ferry, Daniel D. & Noelle Frances, 77...
Sorry, folks. I neglected to check the URLs for the two books I just recommended and now I see that neither URL is currently usable. In any case, I just...
I need another recommendation; this time re software. A director of corporate training is looking for an inexpensive, easy- to-use, off-the-shelf software...
... Hey Fred. How goes it? Been a while. Sciforma's PS8 has both single and multi-project capabilities. I know the multi-project works nicely with their...
Does anyone know if Microsoft Project 2002 can be configured so that user access is limited to an individual project plan(s) versus the entire enterprise...
Good morning...... I am looking for resource material for a pending Position Paper and recommendation for establishing an Enterprise "IPT" Framework" process. ...
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can someone suggest some free e-books on net. else prj mgt books r generally quite expensive, though there is a lot of free basic info avauilable on net. thx ...
Hi All Does anybody know any guide to PM for NGOs? Or does anybody have any advice/comment to be considered in such a guide? Thanx in Advance R. Honarvar...
... Why do you think it would be any different than PM at the UN? Or in a private sector organization? Or a not-for-profit? Duncan ... William R. Duncan ...
Hi Bill, There is no diffrence in nature of PM, of course. But NGO environments is a little different from business. For example: most activities are based on ...
... First of all, since you reference "9 PM areas," I'm assuming that you are looking at PMI's PMBOK Guide. If so, the first bit of advice that I would give...
Hi Thank you very much Bill for your valuable comments. But there is a point: I'm trying to prepare a Guide to PM for NGOs, so I don't have any specific ...
Honarvar, One example of how PMBOK was "adapted" to a practical environment of the US Department of Defense (DoD) Extension to: PMBOK, June 2003. This ...
Dear R. Honarvar, (excuse me for not knowing your 1st name) I am not sure what NGO stands for but as I understand you are trying to accomplish project...