by Mounir Ajam | Apr 25, 2015 | Human Aspects of Project Management
Background This article is a follow-up on two prior posts that we published recently. It is also in response to various online exchanges on the topic of Accidental Project Manager. The previous articles were: Are you an accidental project manager? The Halo Effect, and...
by Mounir Ajam | Apr 22, 2015 | Applied Project Management (4PM), Human Aspects of Project Management
If you read our last article and you are reading this article now good news and welcome back to a fun article. In the last article we talked about the accidental project manager. We explained that the term was not offensive at all; if it were offensive, my project...
by Mounir Ajam | Apr 19, 2015 | Human Aspects of Project Management
What is the accidental project manager? Is it someone who is clumsy and stumbles into too many accidents? Absolutely not! It is a term that somewhat common in project management. It typically refers to a professional who is; read more Introduction I hope that no one...
by Mounir Ajam | Feb 17, 2015 | Human Aspects of Project Management, Learning
If someone would have told me a decade ago that I would at some time in my life be unhappy about a decline in the oil price, I would have seriously doubted that person’s sanity. Lower oil prices in a consumer economy not only lead to a direct reduction in energy...
by Mounir Ajam | Oct 24, 2014 | Human Aspects of Project Management, Knowledge Management, Organizational Project Management, Project Management Training
It is common to hear the following comments in feedback to classes and workshops: “it would have been great to link the materials to our own internal way of doing things”. Another comments, “it would also be great if the examples and case studies are...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 19, 2014 | Human Aspects of Project Management, Learning
This is an old article that was published about training providers and some of the “_____” they share … You can fill the blank with “lies”, “partial truth”, “misleading information”, etc. Below is a sample...
