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Don’t Over or Under Manage

Michael William Hughes Posted on February 8, 2014 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

7th   Installment: Don’t Over or Under manage  6th Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone 8th Installment: Collaborating teams outperform groups of individuals “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, Theodore Roosevelt, Tommy Lasorda, Work Accomplishment Curve | 4 Replies

Don’t chisel first estimates into stone

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 28, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

6th    Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone 5th Installment: Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool 7th Installment: Don’t Over or Under Manage   “It is a bad plan that admits of no modification”  – Publilius Syrus (1st century … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, Publilius Syrus, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison, Uncertainty Horizon | 2 Replies

Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool

Michael William Hughes Posted on December 8, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

5th  Installment:  Manage the Project not the Project Management tool 4th Installment: Reward Bad News, Question Good News 6th Installment: Don’t chisel first estimates into stone  “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”  – Gertrude … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers | 2 Replies

Reward Bad News, Question Good News

Michael William Hughes Posted on November 5, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

4th  Installation:  Reward Bad News, Question Good News 3rd Installment: The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work  5th Installment: Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool “You won’t find a solution by saying there is no problem”  … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Bill Gates, Clutter of Reality, Culture, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Management, Peter Drucker, Project Failures, Reward Bad News, Sholem Asch, William Rostler | 2 Replies

The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work

Michael William Hughes Posted on October 11, 2013 by Michael HughesJune 10, 2019

Third Installment: Increasing Collaboration 2nd Installment: Project Managers Matter  4th Installment: Reward Bad News, Question Good News A friend recently posted an article from the Wall Street Journal (Oct 8, 2013)[1] that stated that moving employees every few months can increase … Continue reading →

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Posted in Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, co-location, Collaboration, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, seating | 2 Replies

Project Managers Matter

Michael William Hughes Posted on September 11, 2013 by Michael HughesMarch 2, 2014

Second Installment: Project Managers affect the outcome of the project 1st Installment: Thoughts on Project Management  3rd Installment: The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work “Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that … Continue reading →

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Posted in IT, Management | Tagged Clutter of Reality, Management, Project Failures, Project Managers, rd Installment on Project Management | 2 Replies

Thoughts on Project Management

Michael William Hughes Posted on August 15, 2013 by Michael HughesMay 3, 2014

First Installment – Introduction to thoughts on Project Management 2nd Installment: Project Managers Matter  “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance” – Samuel Johnson (English Poet, Critic and Writer. 1709-1784) In April of 1986, the Industrial Engineering … Continue reading →

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