... topic in the late 1990s and continues to be important today: howto establish and maintain a project of ce Chapter Eight then brings together the different pieces into a cohesive whole Good tools ... whether we have the resources, will, and capability to pursue a given project Planning The plan is a road map ofhowto get from one point to another Planning is carried out for the duration of ... continuously monitor progress They look at what has been done to date, and they look at the plan; then they determine whether there are major discrepancies between the two In project management, these discrepancies...
... situations to your benefit, then your influence over others increases significantly Some ofthebest masters ofthe art of persuasion in negotiation are highly successful salespeople who their best ... not only to make the sale, but also to meet the needs of their buyers Here are Cialdini’s Six Laws of Persuasion: Law of Reciprocity Human beings, in general, try to repay in kind what another person ... which they judge the success of their bargaining outcomes.) Often when dealing with “tough” or “hard” negotiators, you encounter manipulative tactics that use the preceding Laws of Persuasion So how...
... situations to your benefit, then your influence over others increases significantly Some ofthebest masters ofthe art of persuasion in negotiation are highly successful salespeople who their best ... not only to make the sale, but also to meet the needs of their buyers Here are Cialdini’s Six Laws of Persuasion: Law of Reciprocity Human beings, in general, try to repay in kind what another person ... which they judge the success of their bargaining outcomes.) Often when dealing with “tough” or “hard” negotiators, you encounter manipulative tactics that use the preceding Laws of Persuasion So how...
... stock of your progress in the course ofThe Idea Hunt This is, to no smal degree, a measure of attitude, ofthe realization that thebest ideas exist outside of your brain and are there for the ... folowing each ofthe I-D-E-A chapters These items deal successively with howto (1) “sel thebest hour ofthe day to yourself ” for continued learning, (2) take on the vital characteristics of a generalist ... these pages, every one of his matchless innovations was a product of elbow -to- elbow col aboration Part ofthe intent of this book is to help turn off the lightbulb theory ofhow an idea is found...
... may be a good habit to have a look at the atomic coordinate section ofthe PDB file to see the level ofthe B-factors ofthe atoms that are in the most important fragments ofthe struc˚ ture If ... other RNase A-like enzymes The orientation ofthe His97 ring in the deposited structure (PDB code 2i5s) was determined, on the basis ofthe B-factors ofthe imidazole atoms, to be opposite to ... the shape and symmetry ofthe cell define the directions ofthe diffracted beams, and the locations of all atoms in the cell define their intensities The larger the unit cell, the more diffracted...
... reports The meetings are not a chance for you to beat them up or to tell them howto their jobs but rather should be pegged to their agenda—what they want to talk about, factors that affect their ... WELCOME TOTHE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 17 As shown, each face ofthe pyramid concerns the expectations of one ofthe following: your customer, your management, or your team Each face ofthe pyramid ... help followers learn howto work together Your job is to get the team to work together so that needed information flows quickly and accurately There is no time to waste To make all this work,...
... programmes) tothe programme based on the share ofthe programme’s financial costs as a share of all externally funded costs Step Include the results of Steps 3-5 into an expanded cost profile 15 The ... included in the programme’s financial report due tothe quantity of time that mentors, facilitators and peer educators contributed tothe programme Discussion The direct financial cost of implementing ... allowance Fringe NGO office 7200 rent or office repairs Other NGO other office costs/supplies 7100 bank charges Other NGO other office costs/supplies 7300 communications Other NGO other office costs/supplies...
... but, when they come tothe bumps in the road, they have in place the team and the skills to maneuver around the danger zone First, in Part I, we discuss the hard realities of life in the modern ... WELCOME TOTHE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 17 As shown, each face ofthe pyramid concerns the expectations of one ofthe following: your customer, your management, or your team Each face ofthe pyramid ... WELCOME TOTHE PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUNGLE 11 Attempting to create successful project teams through the use of squishy-sounding words like these is often derided as the use of soft skills But the ability...
... reports The meetings are not a chance for you to beat them up or to tell them howto their jobs but rather should be pegged to their agenda—what they want to talk about, factors that affect their ... help followers learn howto work together Your job is to get the team to work together so that needed information flows quickly and accurately There is no time to waste To make all this work, ... Charles’s continue to shrink About thirty miles southwest of San Antonio is the small town of Devine And divine (sorry!) it is to leave the traffic and congestion ofthe Austin -to- San Antonio I-35 corridor...
... to team members in the areas that matter to them Help them to meet their own work goals Lead them in the effort to establish and meet the overriding team goal Of course, doing these things will ... leadership, view the world in this simplistic way Quite often, this hinders the dissemination ofthe technology they create, exactly the opposite of what they would like to see The next three stories are ... reporting, and encouraged them to come tothe meeting prepared to bring up and solve problems We showed them the one-page form we wanted them to fill out and bring to each team meeting They were skeptical,...
... are given to various members ofthe design team, “who have to parse out what this really means given the available technologies in order to decide howto design the circuit.” There are often multiple ... Refuse to lie to customers, management, or your team It might be better for you to find a new job, no matter how painful that might be, than to try to find your way through the minefield of other ... charter process during initiation, allowing other agendas to piggyback onto it They also pay too little attention early on tothe details ofthe project scope The key areas in initiation are: > > >...
... purpose of monitor and control that are useful tothe people generating the data This requires that your approach tothe project be one of solving the team’s problems, rather than controlling the ... approach to leadership To drive accountability, I tell my teams what they can expect of me and the management team, as well as what is expected of them The entire meeting shows the value of communication ... types an entry into the schedule projected on the screen in the front ofthe room She looks up, a weary smile on her face “We’re done, gang.” They begin to stand and move toward the doors “One...
... approached in the PM profession PMs are too often trained to bother anybody on the project until they get the data they think they need to control the project Then they try to implement their decisions ... to be on the tasks and risks and the actions needed to avert those risks for the next few milestones That takes up the bulk ofthe page Next, list all the remaining milestones At the bottom of ... the new effort and later can measure how you performed Learning Howto Win You’ve made it tothe end game, the last quarter or so ofthe project Of course, there have been a few bumps along the...
... cover the desires of your team, management, and customer The tradeoffs are contradictory There is no clear answer on howto proceed Thebest way is to not get overly analytical but to approach the ... metric for the top ten risks they face and then play all sorts of games to avoid having to react tothe metric If two or more of your top ten risks move toward greater risk in a given month, then mark ... in their offices We spend an enormous amount of time creating the data for management, and then half the time they don’t even have time to attend to them or don’t pay attention if they are there...
... in the long run? Does it lead to real success? In the past few years, we’ve seen a lot of very public examples, in the world of finance, in the car industry, and in others, where the lack of these ... discussion of each ofthe seven characteristics here in favor of a look at the big picture At the end of this case study, the divergent approaches have led to vastly different results, both for the ... technical aspects ofthe project and try to control the project through the traditional triple constraints of performance, schedule, and cost They essentially ignore the people aspects ofthe project...
... adaptation ofthe treated volume [22,23] Also, the adaptation ofthe PTV according tothe dynamic MRI, to account for the potential shift ofthe target volume due to respiration, has led to an increased ... cumulative GI toxicity (p = 0.027) There was no grade toxicity in the 45 Gy cohort versus grade toxicity events in the 54 Gy cohort There was no significant difference in the mean dose tothe stomach ... interruption ofthe course of chemotherapy due to haematological toxicity for consecutive weeks (cycles), febrile neutropenia, or any other grade or toxicity The RT doses were fixed; however, RT...
... functional perfusion ofthe microcirculatory image The heterogeneity index (calculated as the difference between extreme values of either MFI or PPV between the three to five recordings ofthe organ divided ... also be observed during compression ofthe tongue (for instance, by the investigators' finger, in an attempt to stabilize the tongue) or during contraction of tongue muscles Interestingly, all ... capillaries Usually, these vessels are delineated according to their diameter and a cutoff value of 20 μm is used to differentiate capillaries from venules However, the size of capillaries and...