Part 2—Communicate Complete Project Scope In Part 1 of this jury duty blog I discussed how, when called to serve for jury duty, I had no idea that so much of my time would be spent waiting for something to happen. I compared this wait time to what many of our business stakeholders experience waiting […]
The power of partnerships is a simple concept that applies to many obvious examples, like business partnerships or marriage. It’s also a key concept that I find myself spending more time on in project management training because of the profound implications it has for projects. You can also find partnership examples and their impact on
Part 1—Why Do We Have To Wait So Long?! The reality of a jury trial is different from what we see on TV or read in books, where the action moves quickly towards the acquittal or conviction of the defendant. On TV the opening arguments, the witness interrogation, and the closing arguments are all pertinent
August makes me think of lots of things: hot summer days, lemonade stands, and one of the most popular topics in the media this time of year, the summer slide. I’m not talking about the summer slide like the one you’d see at a swimming pool. I’m talking about the “slide” of students who fall
An acquaintance was talking a few days ago about a company function at which a functional group had been brought together for purposes of learning, bonding, and growing as professionals, presumably to benefit themselves and the organization. But when someone asked the CEO a question during the Q and A section of her presentation to
While teaching a recent Getting Real Results from Virtual Teams class, a student asked the question, “What does the end game look like?” How virtual will our work world become and what will that look like? The pendulum seems to swing in terms of how virtual organizations want to be. Yahoo and Best Buy are
Based on your feedback, Watermark Learning will be launching a new round of Online Study Exam enhancements June 22. Not only are we pleased to introduce these user-friendly changes, but we want our audience to know that they are a direct result of your feedback. The most important new feature adds controls to let you
True or false: Only 7% of communication meaning comes from words. If you answered True, you would have a lot of company. Perhaps you would even go on to suggest that 38% of our message is through tone, and 55% is delivered through body language. This is one of those “facts” that has woven its
In project management, a good template can be invaluable in helping you organize your thoughts and communicate effectively. Watermark Learning has many templates for project management, as well as business analysis and business process management, all of which can be found on our new website. A resource that may get overlooked for project management templates
Rich here with a CBAP®/CCBA® registry update. IIBA has introduced a new online credential registry. It is real-time and shows the complete list of CBAP and CCBA credential holders. This is a nice change compared to the older spreadsheet method, which was outdated almost as soon as they published it. By default the list is
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