Welcome to Michael Greer's PM Resources
The purpose of this website is to share some of my favorite project management (PM) resources with you and to provide you with information about my products and services. I hope you find it valuable! Please use the "Navigation" links in the left column to locate all the PM resources. Or scroll through the articles below to find an interesting headline, then click the "Read More" button. Enjoy! -- Mike Greer
LATEST BLOG POSTS
Project Management: “A Technology of Manifestation…”
Sometimes it takes someone on the outside looking in to provide you with that “whack on the side of the head” that changes the meaning of what you are doing. Such was the case with this simple email from a student.
Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Inspiration and Motivation - 2 Comments. Tags: inspiration, managing teams, PM, project leadership, Project Management, project vision, team leadership, teams
Managing People with Self-Induced ADHD (er… Chronic Multitaskers)
“… multitasking people not only perform each task less suitably, but lose time in the process.”
Posted: July 8th, 2010 under Project Management - 3 Comments. Tags: ADHD, multi-tasking, multitasking, project team, team building, teams
Free Live Video Class July 23: Become a Project Management Minimalist
I’m teaching a free, live video class on eduFire: “Become a Project Management Minimalist!“ on Friday,July 23, 2010. To learn more and to register, click the graphic below. Hope to see you there!
Can’t attend the class? Then check out the free video series, Free Video Series: Become a Project Management Minimalist.
Posted: July 1st, 2010 under Announcements, Project Management - No Comments.
PM Minimalist Selected by Laureate Education
I’m pleased to announce that The Project Management Minimalist has been selected by Laureate Education, Inc. for use in Walden University’s Masters in Instructional Design and Technology. Laureate Education owns and operates campus-based and online universities through the Laureate International Universities network.
In addition to the standard content included in The… Minimalist, we’ve added some additional tools and information specifically related to managing instructional design and development projects.
Thanks, Laureate, for choosing The Project Management Minimalist!
Posted: June 23rd, 2010 under Announcements, ID Project Management - No Comments. Tags: ID, Instructional Design, Instructional Design & Technology, Instructional Technology, Laureate International, The Project Management Minimalist, Walden Universities
Using The PM Minimalist eBook on the iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, or NOOK
OK. So you’ve purchased The Project Management Minimalist... PDF eBook and you’ve downloaded it to you computer. (Thank you!) Now how can you use it with your Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, NOOK? Below are links to resources that can help.
Posted: June 15th, 2010 under Announcements - No Comments. Tags: Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble NOOK, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, Kindle, Kindle DX, Nook, PDF, PDF viewer, Sony Reader
How to Teach Yourself About Project Management…
… in under 3 hours (and for less than $10)!!
Are you a complete PM newbie? Are you in a hurry to get “just enough” project management (PM) knowledge and tools to get started managing your first project quickly? Then follow these 5 steps:
Posted: June 10th, 2010 under Project Management - No Comments. Tags: PM, Project Management, project management basics, Project Management Minimalist, project management processes, project management training, team, team building
Video Series: Become a Project Management Minimalist
This series of 8 free videos is designed to help you apply “just enough” project management (PM) to manage your projects effectively — without burdening your team (and you!) with a bunch of unnecessary PM administrivia. This series, along with the one-page reference, 10 Steps to Project Success, can be used as stand-alone basic PM training. It also serves as an in-depth introduction to the eBook, The Project Management Minimalist.
Posted: June 3rd, 2010 under Announcements, Inspiration and Motivation, Project Management - No Comments. Tags: close out, cost estimate, deliverables, effort, inspiration, motivation, PM, project kickoff, Project Management, project team, resources, responsibility/accountability, schedule, scope, scope change, sign-off, WBS
Advanced Project Management Training: Focus on Local Complexity, not PM Esoterica
Let’s face it: Formal training for experienced project managers is expensive! In addition to the cost of the class and instructor, pulling these seasoned PM veterans away from their jobs can place the projects they are managing at risk. What’s more, when you multiply the class hours by the hourly labor rate of that group of high-value “trainees,” you are likely to find that your investment is huge! So, when you decide to provide an Advanced PM class, you need to make sure you are getting your money’s worth! But how do you do that? This article provides some perspective.
Posted: May 17th, 2010 under Project Management - No Comments. Tags: advanced PM, advanced project management, managing complex projects, managing large projects, PM
Rework will happen! So don’t be ambushed. Build it in.
In my classes, I like to tell my students that stakeholders are like new puppies in the backyard: They gotta mark their territory and leave their scent on everything they see! They need to make the project deliverables their own by adjusting them, changing them, reinterpreting them, and otherwise “branding” them with their own perspectives.
Posted: May 3rd, 2010 under Project Management - 2 Comments. Tags: project life cycles, revision, rework, scope creep, scope management
Become a Project Management Minimalist: Free Live Video Class April 23
I’m teaching a free, live video class on eduFire: “Become a Project Management Minimalist!“ on Friday, April 23, 2010. To learn more and to register, click the graphic below. Hope to see you there!
Posted: April 15th, 2010 under Announcements, Project Management - 1 Comment. Tags: project management basics, Project Management Minimalist
