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Artificial Intelligence

AI is no more fearful and dangerous than any other new tech that we have seen in the past 50 or more years. And there will be more.

Geri-Actives Going Forward

Don’t give up just ’cause you are old enough to retire, especially if you want to continue working but not at that full-time pace anymore.

A Statement of Work is a single document (usually) that collects detailed information about an offered project or service that service delivery group or individual provides to their proposed client to describe the known conditions and expectations for their offered service. An outline or template of what can be included in a Statement of WorkContinue reading “Statement Of Work (SOW)”

It’s Not Full Time Jobs

The future of our growth economy may not be the classic old 25 to 30 year desk job at a big corporation anymore. In fact it probably hasn’t been that type of work configuration for quite some time now. The more tangible future may just be in a derivation of what some have called theContinue reading “It’s Not Full Time Jobs”

People First Span of your Life (cycle)

Perspective is driven by several components: Experience, Dreams, your perception of a “horizon”, Desires, and, at times, the only measurable things in your reach. A Life Cycle, in technology communities, relates to the span, time-frame, or scope of an effort like a project or a change applied to an existing application or environment. Every organizationContinue reading “People First Span of your Life (cycle)”

People First V01 I02

As my semi-official Inaugural issue of the T P T I Newsletter, I have updated my “Motto” or “Slogan” piece from my primary LinkedIn Profile: “People First!”. Please Download, Read, Respond or Advice. Thank you, bgbg

Soon To Be A Lost Art

This is a FIRST, although it really is a second or third depending on when you start counting. I started writing a Newsletter back in the day (1980’s) when I was running a Technical Services team where we provided Standards (and Enforcement), Training (in support of an IT department interested in growing skills and people),Continue reading “Soon To Be A Lost Art”

PPM Operational Flows

A Portfolio Project Management (PPM) function will consider implementing operational work flows similar to this list: Please review this list of suggested PPM Processes and advise us about your experiences and recommendations. Thank you, bgbg

Portfolio Project Management – Level Zero

Portfolio Management is an organization’s process for capturing, vetting, budgeting and scheduling the execution of Work Requests from the users and other contributors within an organization. A fundamental working assumption for any Portfolio Management process is that it has a high probability of changing on a regular basis to take advantage of new thinking, changingContinue reading “Portfolio Project Management – Level Zero”

How Many P’s in Your PMO?

Many years ago, I decided that we should not limit ourselves to only three PMOs: Even though these were very obvious and have immediate value to those who sought more management for these functions, I still thought there could be MORE. I started writing notes about how to structure and operate these initial three PMOsContinue reading “How Many P’s in Your PMO?”