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How I Passed the PMP Exam
Why PMP?From my perspective, a credential such as the PMP has tangible benefits that can be divided in two main categories: the recognition of knowledge that comes from passing the exam and the process...
View ArticleCross-Site Collaboration And Conflict Management
The first step in solving a conflict is to identify its cause. Then comes finding and applying a solution. For this, the conflict is taken out of the personal space and approached pragmatically,...
View ArticleA Few Words About Communication In Projects
Too much email.Most of the time my inbox is flooded with information I could very well live without, just because someone thought of adding me in CC or I am in too many email lists that are spammed...
View ArticleFew Points On Multi-Site Development
I've been involved lately in significant multi-site game development efforts - large projects, high stakes, distributed teams, many stakeholders spread around the world. Here are some observations I've...
View ArticleStrategic Planning
I've just returned from a fascinating workshop dedicated to strategic planning - iPlan. It was financed by the European Union, being targeted at developing strategic planning competencies for a...
View ArticleMy Story - The Beginnings
Early next month I will turn 10. 10 years of professional employment, in various roles, industries and working on various technologies. I am also turning 13 since I've discovered Java, 14 since I've...
View ArticleA Case for Professional Project Management
There have been more than 4 years since I've started managing projects, one year since I took my PMP and 4 months since my PMI-ACP. I have shipped 4 big projects so far, I've been involved in many...
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Ecology. Diversity. Social Inclusion
Last week in Malmo I had the chance to meet this amazing group of people: http://connectorsmalmo.com/ConnectorsMalmo/For_Malmo_By_Malmo.html. Guys, I had a really great time with you! I hope we keep...
View ArticleOn Values and Why They Are Important
Core ideas:Personal values are the lenses through which we see the world.Knowing them helps us benchmark our decisions, so that we are more aligned with them and thus happier.Team values are the fabric...
View ArticleMistakes (Junior) Managers Make
Two excellent threads on Quora:What are common mistakes that new or inexperienced managers makeIn a growing tech company, what are the most valuable things on which an engineering manager should spend...
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On Multi-Site Collaborations
Now that the PM Days 2013 conference is over, I thought of assembling my notes and posting them here - more like a collage of thoughts, supported by slides from the presentation.PM Days 2013Why speak...
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Again On Multisite Collaborations - Various Setups
While writing the previous post, more ideas came to my mind about multisite collaborations. Just to have it under our eyes, here is the terminology I use in these articles:Multisite collaboration:...
View ArticleMy Dream of the Perfect Organization
Administration, HR, IT support teams:Live and promote company values: Whenever you ask people, they know the core values and believe in them. They give answers in terms of values and are able to make...
View ArticleThe Leader - A Perspective And An Aspirational Model
What the leader is and does:Attention to details& depth of understanding - relentless pursuit of perfectness in any deliverable. Seeks for beauty, concision, simplicity, clarity. Is not satisfied...
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Agile Project and Portfolio Management for Business Projects
Traditionally Agile is recognized as a software development-specific set of methodologies. The Agile Manifesto, the document that defines the pillars of the Agile movement, seems to inexorably link it...
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One Page Project Estimates
The questions this post is providing an answer to are:How can a project manager provide visibility to his / her stakeholders when he / she wants to pitch to them a new project? How can he / she...
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Moving from Autonomous to Collaborative - A Must
Not a new idea, I think I met it first in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, yet I recognize it more and more as time passes by.In the model above, collaboration is depicted as the next step from...
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Agile With Structure
Last year I passed the AgilePM certification (DSDM methodology). The main benefit this methodology brings is, I think, rigor and structure to the Agile world. It bridges the world of software...
View ArticleTech Blog Launched!
Here is a new one: I have started a tech blog on GitHub: http://alexandrugris.github.io/ :). I will also keep updating this one, as the two blogs have two very different intents behind. The management...
View ArticleA Collection of Thoughts
On elections and minority rights:A government (or any other type of organization) cannot use polls or election results as arguments for restricting the liberties of a segment of its population. It is...
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On Collaboration - Again
In an organization (or life) there are like three major categories of positioning which you can have towards reaching your objectives. They may be either enforced upon you (by the situation or...
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Notes On Management
On working with multiple managersSometimes it happens that you are in a matrix organization and might have two managers with (somewhat) overlapping areas of responsibility. This is not necessary a bad...
View ArticleSystem Behavior Charts
This is a link to a (mostly) technical article, but with huge implications for decision making. Measuring various metrics is the cornerstone of informed, data-driven (or at least data aware)...
View ArticleA Due Diligence Process For Engineering Capabilities
My process involves a series of steps, all meant to establish the maturity of the engineering organization. What I am looking for is a tight collaboration between business and engineering, business...
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