Author Archives: tjud

How many times have you been asked, “What is your favorite color?” Like many I don’t have a favorite color. If I reframed the question and asked , “If you were an artist and you could have only 3 colors … Continue reading →

It was hectic.  Melbourne one week, Milwaukee the next. I was on the taxi way just before take-off talking to the COO of a specialty steel fabricating company in Southern California, that I would be addressing the following week. We … Continue reading →

Sometimes, no matter how prepared you may think that you are at doing what you do so well, you can still be surprised. Such was the case in doing a highly distilled one-day Project Management seminar for a company that … Continue reading →

In my previous blog on time management I mentioned that the very first step to “effective” time management is not planning your time.  It is “identifying” where you are currently spending your time.  I recommended setting up a simple recording … Continue reading →

After writing yesterday’s blog on “Know Thy Time, Part 1”,  I thought it best to give some background information before continuing with part 2.  As you will find, BasicsRedefined process is considerably different than most protocols found in business today. … Continue reading →

There are dozens of poplar time management books.  Today I would like to point to my favorite. It is not considered a time management book at all. It fact it is my favorite management book of all time. To quote … Continue reading →

Mission Statements are fundamental, to projects, teams, departments, small companies and global conglomerates. What are they? Why have them? How can we better utilize them. Here are a few poignant thoughts that may be helpful to review.  In polling over … Continue reading →

It was a watershed moment of sorts.  Several years ago I was delivering a two-day project management seminar in Reno, Nevada.  An important part of any project management program is the skill of setting, planning and implementing specific goals.  In … Continue reading →

Over the years I have delivered several hundred two-day project management seminars. Different people attended for different reasons.  Many were seasoned PM’s managing projects from several hundred million dollars to Billion dollar plus projects. At the other end of the … Continue reading →

Process development through Process of Project Management Quite frequently there is lack of clarity in differentiation between Project Management and Process Development. It is easy to misunderstand the semantics of process, programs and projects.  In a nutshell let’s distill a … Continue reading →