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Am I a Part of the Converation?
One core management skill in project management process has to do with Project Communication Management. It is believed that successful project management lies in project communication planning, information distribution and performance reporting.nnI have managed many projects teams successfully; one of the things I heard most frequently from people, and that I notice about project teams, is the difficulty of recalling a previous conversation. From both formal and informal com
July 25, 2006
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Feedback: A Technique for Developing Project Teams?
Feedback: A Tool in Developing Project Teams?nnBy Samuel Lartey, Project Manager.nnIt is always my delight to inspire my project teams. In all my hard work I had come to realization that one important means of inspiring teams is through giving feedback and be receptive in receiving of feedback from your team. It is about giving and taking.nnLet me commence by saying that feedback can be looked at in diverse behaviors. It can be a criticism, or an advise. It may well also be a
July 25, 2006
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Managing Business Strategies
Managing Business Strategies through Project ManagementnnBy: Samuel Lartey, Project Manager.nnnProjects are a means of organizing activities that cannot be addressed within the organisationâs normal operational limits. They are often utilized as a means of achieving organizations strategic plan-all organisations have strategies. Business strategies often talk about all the wonderful things they want to achieve. Traditionally organisations have employed project management as
June 23, 2006
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Know Thyself
I have managed various teams in many organisations. I teach, lecture, talk and lead teams. I gain pleasure in dealing with people rather that the tools I use in my work. In this process I have identified certain characteristics of people, materials, tools and systems. What is unique is that the individual self is the biggest of all these resources.nnI make several leadership and management presentations in a week, but one presentation that caught my personal attention when de
June 15, 2006
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Communication Management
Team Communications Management nBy: Samuel Lartey, Project Manager. nnIntroductionnThere is no gain saying that project management success is determined by whether the project was completed on time, within budget, and with all features as originally specified. That gives ground to the iron triangle-the triple constraint. There is however a new dimension in project management which puts the customer at the centre of project delivery. This looks now at the fact that the ultimat
June 8, 2006
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Corporate Training
7 WAYS TO GROW YOUR TEAMSnnBY SAMUEL LARTEY, PROJECT MANAGER.nnI had an interesting experience in my project management career when I was faced with a project team of 15 to roll out a project. As it is the case in any project, delivery must be within a specified period of time, within a well defined standard, specification and must be within budget. Not forgetting the fact that all projects should be executed within a certain scope-No Scope Creeping- and ultimately satisfy so
June 7, 2006
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Personal Hygiene
In March 2006, I had the opportunity of changing job. On arrival at the new job, and on the usual welcome rounds I met a colleague from my previous organisation who has also been taken on. He was been introduced as the Managing Director. My first question was what a small world. I shook hands with my new MD and on the same veranda I asked him this simple question. MD it been an intersting experience working with you. Now we've met again. What is your success story?nnMy MD sha
May 31, 2006
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Project Management
Project Management: A New Dimension in Business ManagementnnBy: Samuel Lartey, Project Manager.nnThere is no gain saying that the world is changing. We are living in a world of uncertainty, corporate mergers and takeovers, political and economic flux, religious transformation. I recall a short story told by a religious leader who said that not until you change your location your situation will never change. The story teller refered to the lessons of the four lepers who moved
May 29, 2006