A Senior Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s SoftwareEngineering Institute, Watts Humphrey is a National Medal of Technology winner who is known as the “Father of Software Quality.”Humphrey pioneered concepts such as the Capability Maturity Model in 1988, which overhauled software-project management. In his new book, Reflections on Management, Humphrey provides these insights that reveal to […]

Dr. Hank: You have developed great expertise in Project Management. How did you get interested in this field?
Terry: My love of projects began in high school when I launched a small rocket loaded with guppies. That project earned national press coverage and motivated me to study aerospace engineering. During a summer internship at NASA, I […]

If you’re dreaming of an easy-to-use project management tool, then Team Effect may just be the one for you.
Read how it works HERE.

Global Knowledge recently released a whitepaper that discusses what the formal project management is and who needs it.
For the purpose of this discussion, I will to refer to PM activities in the absence of operating guidelines as “informal” project management. By contrast, project management that takes place within the restrictions of an imposed set of […]

Like any other activity or project, we need tools do our tasks well.
Dream CSS shares 11 of Open Source project management tools that will help you achieve both individual or collaborated goals, and share knowledge among team members.

Achievo
dotProject
SimManTools
Projectivity
BORG Calendar
eHour Timesheet Management
Task Juggler
Chandler
XPlanner
Memoranda
airTODO

Read more about each one HERE.
I’ll probably try Task Juggler. Will let you […]

Applications are here to make your life easier. But some apps are expensive. And so Howard Wen of ComputerWorld shares five apps, four of which are open source.
Check them out!

Most IT projects involve geeks. I guess 99 percent of the team is geek.  All I can say is that geeks are just like you and me, only smarter, more skillful, and more serious with their craft. In other words, they’re a joy to work with.
About a couple of years ago, Chief Happiness […]

This may be a form of review on your project deployment. But it’s a good guide for those who are about to start a new project, too.
In every project, it’s really good to start and end with the same people or team. That way, all of you understands the project, what it entails, what the […]

It’s true! Leaders or managers have closed minds or are set in their ways. If this is the general case, then no wonder conflicts arise in the organization, which they often term as politicking.
I’m just lucky that my Boss listens to me, and takes my suggestions well—oftentimes, too well. But for those who are […]

As mobile workers are getting to be the norm, many companies have put their trust in these workers, too. Even if these workers are mobile, they are treated as part of the organization. In fact, many of them are integral parts of the organization.
So what is your business model for work-at-home workers?
Here’s a a reference, […]