Raven's Brain
Blog URL http://www.ravensbrain.com
Located Seattle, Washington USA
Tags Project Management, Leadership, Professional Developmen, Management, Personal Growth, Social Media
Random thoughts from a PM in Seattle on Life, Work and the Kitchen sink.
Latest Blog Posts
- Your Brain On Multi-tasking on May 14, 2009 in Personal Growth Communication Essentials Ravens Brain Stress Brainstorming and Creative Thinking Project Management Emotional Intelligence
We've been hearing/reading more and more about how multi-tasking actually reduces productivity. This is counter intuitive to what we've been told in the past as project managers, or general managers in business for that matter - the more you can get...
- 8 Tips For Saving Your Next IT Project on May 14, 2009 in Software and Web Development Technology and Business Planning Project Management
As project managers we're all looking for ways to help increase efficiency on our next project. I'm constantly clicking links - looking for that special tip or trick that will will save me or my team time by shaving off minutes here or there, sreamli...
- Can Your Project Make It to The Finish Line? on May 8, 2009 in Planning Project Management
I read an interesting article from Michelle LaBrosse over at ComputerWorld titled Get ready, get set, go! Getting to the project finish line. It's a good piece outlining what you need to do to be prepared for the last stretch of your project. Here's...
- It's time for a Project Management Linkfest! on May 1, 2009 in Personal Growth Communication Essentials Professional Development Project Management PMI New Media Council
I'm digging out from my recent braincation. I had an awesome time relaxing but I'm still working my way through a t-o-n of email. There's also a backlog of interesting pm & related articles to be read. Since I'm short on time, I thought I'd share...
- It's time for a Braincation! on Apr 23, 2009 in social media Ravens Brain
My apologies for not posting regularly this month, I've been busy juggling elephants. When I mentioned this on twitter last night, @skipangel, a wondeful Agile evangelist in the Seattle area, asked how one actually "juggled" an elephant. I quipped so...
- Project Management Hash Tags On Twitter on Apr 22, 2009 in social media Technology and Business Project Management
I've been bugging Alec from Making Project Management Better ever since I joined twitter and he's been kind enough to help me out time and again. Today we scrounged the depths of twitter (ok, really, we just used the search functionality) for common...
- It's Here - The Big Agile Practices Survey! on Apr 16, 2009 in Software and Web Development Project Management
Are you an "Agile Practioner?" (Hint: if you have no idea what that phrase in quotes means, you can probably safely say No..). If so, take a look at The Big Agile Practices Survey Jurgen Appelo is running. He needs mass participation to get the best...
