How to Learn Balance as a Project Manger

January 25, 2016PMP Training

Last week, an article at CIO brought up a topic of great value for project managers and anyone who is concerned with the culture and group process of an organization or a project. That topic is the notion of balance, and how to achieve it by compiling one’s personal knowledge about his own role and … Read More

ITIL Training: Relevance Revisited

January 18, 2016ITIL Training

The JAVA Developers’ Journal recently published an article asking the question, “Is ITIL still relevant?” While the answer is less than thorough, the article is still interesting just by virtue of the fact that it exists. It exists and it is not alone. We’ve noticed that this question seems to appear on a fairly regular … Read More

“Technology” Means More Than You Might Think

January 12, 2016IT Training

In a recent article at IT World Canada, Don Sheppard made the argument that “technology is an overused word.” While the purpose of his observation seems a little muddled and he does little to illustrate this supposed overuse, he does point to some potentially interesting questions about the role of language in driving people toward … Read More

Modern Project Management Calls for Flexibility

January 4, 2016PMP Training

Just ahead of the New Year, the Huffington Post published an article focusing on the very modern risks and opportunities facing project management in the coming year and beyond. While the author of that article writes from the perspective of banking and finance, but the observations are relevant to our own areas of expertise as … Read More