Project Management

Joli Jensen suggests three ways to stay on track with a writing project :

1. Physically organize your work.
2. Address your frustrations.
3. Work at least 15 minutes each day.

These tips seem like they would be helpful with bringing any long-term project to completion.

-DD

Management Skills

Agatha Gilmore interviews Palmer Hartle about key management techiques . He says that employees often end up in management because they are top performers at a task, and are frequently not properly trained for supervision. If employees are asking for permission too often, leaders should encourage independence.

-DD

Project Management Software

Rich Hein provides a list of "Seven Free Project Management Tools ."

I use Google Docs on a regular basis, and am amazed at the flexibility of the Google suite. Some time ago I set up a Yammer account, but discovered I really had no use for the communication functions it offered. The remainder of the tools in this article are new to me.

-DD

 

Project Management

Patrick McGuinness provides "Five Tips for Keeping IT Projects on Track." McGuinness' principles for project management are:

1. Consistent execution;
2. Maintain milestones;
3. Ask for help when necessary;
4. Learn from failure;
5. Balance appropriate governance and speedy innovation.

-DD

Agile Development Practices

Sharon Florentine of CIO magazine explains how to use agile development practices to avert project failure.

-DD