My project management research has turned up an amazing blog that illustrates how continual improvement concepts work in fashion and style- www.laculturecreators.com. In it the author takes pictures of ordinary people who have achieved a victory of sorts in what they wear and how they wear it. Her ability to spot, shoot, and then explain, why success is achieved is truly remarkable. Proof of her ability are the many great comments that praise her work. The continual improvement connection comes through understanding that people who do the work, at the ground level, often come up with the best ideas, improvements, and innovations. In business, all that is needed is a manager that knows how to elicit the innovation and then implement it; in the... [Read more]

Check out the best practice governance model in my flagship series on Choosing the Right PMO Vision. This Theory of Constraints based approach is guaranteed to ramp up your innovation and strategy execution.   Image Source: stockxchng.com [Read more]

Just wanted to ask readers a question: do you use the email capability (posts go directly to you)? If so, do you ever go back to the blog and read other pages? I’m trying to figure out why there are so many links and possibly emails going out, but I’m not seeing the page view traffic. This is purely an operational issue- but it is crucial to future blog project management! So, your participation will greatly enhance my future efforts at getting information out to YOU! Besides if you respond I’ll be jumping like the kid in the photo- woooohooooo!  Image source: stockxchng.com [Read more]

Last post for PM411 for awhile. My content will remain here so come back often. My Top Ten Posts are the previous ten……and don’t forget to visit www.lulu.com/workingtheplan for my books and articles on value selling large projects and innovative technology enablement. One more thing. Check out my daughter’s fashion and style blog at http://www.laculturecreators.blogspot.com/; you’ll be glad you did!   Image Source: stockxchng.com [Read more]

PM411 Alert! Two guest posts on www.homebiznotes.com about on-line self-publishing reveal my experience writing books and articles. Check them out: http://www.homebiznotes.com/the-basics-of-self-publishing-with-guest-author-bob-turek/ http://www.homebiznotes.com/why-write-a-book-leveraging-your-business-guest-post/ For an example of a book and article web page go to www.lulu.com/workingtheplan. For you writers out there this is a great way to get your content on the web.   Image source: stockxchng.com [Read more]