Posts Tagged ‘projectmanagement’

Review: Etelos Projects Offers Good Ideas, Poor Execution

November 12 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: etelos, googleapps, projectmanagement, review, webapp | 14 comments»

Take Your Laundry Off the Line

In multi-team meetings, there are frequently situations where people within the same team contradict one another. I might view the project as being accomplished in one way; my colleague might come right behind me and say it can’t be done that way. If there’s any sense of time available to get things done, take that coversation offline.

Unified Message- Airing your differences with a teammate in a group setting tells the

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June 26 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, meetings, project, projectmanagement, team, teamwork, work-life | 3 comments»

Nail Meetings Down Tight

Meetings can have lots of loose flow to them. They start a little late because people show up a little late. There’s that spot where you haven’t seen Jumpha in a while and you ask about her children. You pass out the agenda and people face-down a while browsing it and shuffling papers. Some folks are reading and answering mail via their BlackBerrys.

I think that’s all crap. Meetings are often… » Continue

June 22 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: bestpractices, business, Communication, hack, howto, meetings, projectmanagement, Projects, worklife | 9 comments»

Timeslicing for Humans

I’m wired wrong. I’ll be the first to admit it. To be in the Getting Things Done crowd, I’m supposed to blissfully work along on a project until I’ve completed all the next actions, pausing one might assume, for lunch and bathroom breaks. Not me. I can’t do it. I need chunking.

Computer processors can work on lots of things at a time by taking chunks of resources and throwing… » Continue

June 9 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: gtd, hacks, Lifehack, Productivity, projectmanagement, Projects, timemanagement | 3 comments»