Upcoming Agile / SCRUM / PM Events in NYC in May
Teaching 4 weeks of PMP Bootcamp in June Will update this page next for July 2012 Jeff Furman (@PMAnswerBook) 1) NYC [...]
Book Recommendation: “The Manager’s Book Of Decencies” by Steve Harrison
One of the best leadership books I have ever read is: The Manager's Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies, by Steve Harrison (McGraw-Hill), for all project managers, team leaders, and executives. Steve Harrison is Chairman of Lee, Hecht, Harrison, the premier career management and leadership consulting firm. He is also the former [...]
Are you an “Accidental Project Manager?” You’re not alone!
Many PMs get their start by one day finding themselves "thrown into" managing projects. A new buzzword for this is "Accidental PM." Are you one? You're NOT alone! In my case, I was a technical trainer, who started falling into supporting the I.T. products I was training on. Then one morning I got a big surprise [...]
Upcoming Agile Events In Manhattan in April 2012
1) NYC SCRUM Users Group Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, April 10th, 6:00 PM Topic: - Intro to Business Value Engineering Speaker: Joe Little of Kitty Hawk Consulting Location: EURO RSCG, 350 Hudson Street, 9th Floor Meeting Leader: Rob Purdie ==> Registration Link 2) PMI NYC "Agile: Your Tough Questions Answered" Presenter: Mark C. Layton, CST, Platinum Edge, Inc. (recognized globally as Mr. AgileTM) Day/Date: Monday, April 9th Time: [...]
Upcoming Agile Events in Manhattan in March 2012
BUT FIRST... some photos from the AgileNYC Open this week in Manhattan: - Agile NYC Open <-- A gallery of photos of this week's Agile NYC Open at Pace U. (courtesy of Larry Mantrone, PMP/CSM) - Ilio Krumins-Beens <-- One of the Agile Instructors at the event, leading an excellent seminar at the Agile NYC Open - ShortVideo.Morning.AgileNYCOpen <-- A short [...]
Review of my book by Dr. James R. Brady (in ASAPM)
LINK: Review of my book "The Project Management Answer Book" by: The American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (affiliated with the International Association of Project Management). You might also be interested in: - My new article: "Top 10 Tips For Marketing A Book Using Social Media" - My upcoming PMP classes: "3 classes [...]
Tip — How to use the SlideShare “APP” in Linkedin to share a PowerPoint Presentation on your profile
A way to share good info (and get exposure and extra mileage out of your presentations) is with SlideShare. This is one of the APPS which Linkedin recently made available to subscribers to help you enhance your profile. STEPS IN LINKEDIN: Step 1. Edit your Profile Step 2. Go to APPLICATIONS, and click on "Add [...]
2012! Upcoming Agile Events in MANHATTAN (The “Agile NYC Open” & more)
1) NY SPIN: Topic: Small Agile Steps, Big Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Impact Presenter: Claude Remillard Day/Date: Tuesday, February 7 Location: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, between 51st and 52nd Streets (Microsoft) Sponsor: Microsoft To Register: ClaudeRemillard 2) PMI NYC Agile & IIBA Topic: "Collaboration Workshops: Discover, Plan, and Prepare Your Product Backlog" Presenter: Ellen [...]
Announcement: PMI has added my book to their eReads & References site
PMI has just added my book: "The Project Management Answer Book" to their listings on their eReads & References page. Question: Did you know about this benefit for PMI members? Here's what PMI says about their eReads & References page: "Use eReads & References as an on-the-job guide, a research and study aid, or to preview [...]
My highlights of the PMI Annual North American Congress 2011 in Dallas — What were yours?
I attended another great PMI conference (my third-in-a-row) in Dallas last week. If you attended also, Please share Your Highlights in the "Leave a Reply" box. 1. Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Blink," "The Tipping Point" and "Outliers." Much of his talk was about Steve Jobs, and how he felt that Jobs epitomized the [...]