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This site is for musings and contributions on the "Accidental Profession", project management.

Latest Blog Posts

  • Oh, chute! on Nov 18, 2009

    I'd like to share an analogy I use in my Project Management courses to explain the often misunderstood difference between secondary and residual risk.Secondary risks are those which are caused by the treatment or response to the risk.Residual risk is...

  • "The danger of the single story"- Chimamanda Adichie on Oct 26, 2009

    You know that I've blogged before about the danger of PMs taking a single-point estimate. I want to draw your attention to a nice talk given by Chimamanda Adichie (shown on the left) called, "The Danger of the Single Story". I'd like to acknowledge...

  • Bored --> Board --> Exciting on Oct 19, 2009

    Today, I'm very happy to announce that I've become a Distributor for a tremendous product that brings fun, intrigue, and yes, even thrills to the world of learning about project management. Thus the image above.Project management learning should be a...

  • Free WBS tool for download on Oct 2, 2009

    Here's a very small program with a very specialized task: make quick work out of genrating a WBS.It's free, fairly intuitive, and does its task well.Check it out here:http://www.wbs-tool.net/...

  • Get SMARTER on Sep 11, 2009

    Some of the "more seasoned" of us may recall the old TV series, Get Smart, and the more youthful readers will certainly know the Get Smart movie that came out a few years (based on that original TV show). The title, and most of the writing, was very...

  • Take a guess. No googling allowed, though. on Aug 17, 2009

    Okay, here's a quick question for you. Without going online or doing any research, just off the top of your head, how many computers do you think are disposed of daily? To answer, fill out the POLL on the left top side of the blog. I will have the...

  • 5 seconds of your time...please? on Jul 28, 2009

    Please follow the link below to answer a 1-question poll about how your organization deals with... with... well, you have to go to the poll to find out.This is the link below that I was talking about above:OK, I will give you 5 seconds!