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A Sunny Debut For Spain
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A Sunny Debut For Spain

Watermark Learning was founded in 1992. Besides our founding, a lot was going on that year. Here are some noted firsts and other happenings in July of 1992. Try as we might, we could find no significant technological advancements or inventions that occurred in July 1992! Perhaps the biggest news of that month was the […]

Assessing Organizational Readiness Webinar Q&A
Change, Influencing and Consulting, Organizational Change Mgmt., Project Management, Stakeholders, Watermark Learning

Assessing Organizational Readiness Webinar Q&A

We recently hosted a lively webinar on Organizational Change Management titled “Is Your Organization Project Capable? Assessing Organizational Readiness” by one of our senior training instructors, Stevie Peterson. There were tons of questions and time ran out before we could answer all of them. Stevie wrote answers to the leftover questions, and we list them

A Technological Clean Sweep
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A Technological Clean Sweep

Watermark Learning was founded in 1992. Besides our founding, a lot was going on that year. Here are some noted firsts and other happenings in April of 1992. Not all of the technology innovations of 1992 involved computers and software. In June of 1992, Sir James Dyson founded Dyson Ltd., to design and manufacture vacuum

Business Analyst World 2012 Key Take-Aways (Bangalore, India)
Agile, BA Training, Business Analysis, Change, Communicating, Facilitation, Influencing and Consulting, Organizational Change Mgmt., Stakeholders, Watermark Learning

Business Analyst World 2012 Key Take-Aways (Bangalore, India)

Elizabeth and I recently travelled to India to speak and exhibit at two BA World conferences there – one in Pune and one in Bangalore. The sessions struck us as some of the most interactive presentations we’ve ever given (or attended). Based on the questions and discussions, the attendees seemed knowledgeable, and hungry for more. One

Do You Have Authority Over Your Project Resources
Estimating and Planning, Project Management, Watermark Learning

Do You Have Authority Over Your Project Resources?

No project should be initiated without a charter or some kind of project initiating document.  While they may include various topics and information, the key purpose of a charter is two-fold: 1) It sanctions the project (or phase), and 2) It gives authority to the project manager to apply organizational resources to the project. I

Manage Scope Change or Let It Creep
Change, Project Management, Scope Creep

Manage Scope Change or Let It Creep?

One of my favorite definitions of projects is “Projects are how organizations adapt to change.”  Projects are essentially the vehicle for organizational change.  Getting stakeholder agreement around that idea would not likely present much of a challenge. Change within a project, however, is often the source of great consternation among project managers and stakeholders, particularly as