Book Review: “Managing The Black Hole: The Executive’s Guide To Software Project Risk” (Gary Gack)
For Project Managers, Program Managers and IT Executives looking to make their projects more efficient and profitable, "Managing The Black Hole: The Executive's Guide To Software Project Risk (Business Expert Publishing) is a very practical and "deep-dive" [...]
5 Excellent Agile Events in September in NYC (4 offering PDUs)
5 Agile events in Manhattan this month (the first 4 offering PDUs for PMPs). 1) “Turbo-Charging Agile Software Development with Lean Methods and Systems Thinking” (presented by NY SPIN) Date / Time: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, [...]
Top 16 Reasons I Switched To A Mac (& some Conversion Tips)
Switched to a MacBook Pro and am a happy camper (after about 15 years with Windows PCs). Ed Grimley: "The speed and quality are like a joke, I must say!" Here are a few conversion [...]
Highlights of the presentation on Agile (Ruby On Rails) by Neal Ford for Agile NYC Users Group
I recently attended an excellent presentation at the NYC Agile Users Group in Manhattan Agile expert / book author Neal Ford presented: “Case Study: Rails in the Large – How Agility Allows Us to Build The [...]
Top 10 Trainer’s Tips For PMs Giving Presentations
How many times have you attended presentations where the presenter knew the content, but the slides were too busy, or there were technical glitches which distracted the audience? I have given hundreds of classes and presentations, and also taught [...]
Big change coming to the PMP test: How can my book help you?
Per PMI's Announcement there are significant changes coming to the PMP exam effective Aug. 31st, especially that there will no longer be a separate section on Ethics. Instead, Ethics & Social Responsibility questions will be interspersed throughout the 5 Process Group sections (making the test harder!) HOW [...]
“Mob Rules” vs. “The Project Management Answer Book” – a quick and biased comparison
I see there's a new book out called "Mob Rules: What The Mafia Can Teach The Legitimate Businessman," by Louis Ferrante. But The Project Management Answer Book, came first, and uses Vito Corleone and Tony Soprano to help give [...]
Mentoring a college student: Project Management Case-Study
This spring I was asked by a student, Derek Mulvey, at Steven's Institute in Hoboken (Howe School of Technology Management) to participate in several interviews about an IT project I had led for a brokerage firm in [...]