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The Unready Project Manager: Advice and Preparation for Project Success

The Unready Project Manager: Advice and Preparation for Project Success

If you don't quite feel at ease tackling your first project, you aren't alone. In this book, you'll find advice and techniques for project management.

2022

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John Connolly, PMP

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The Looming Project Management Crisis We’re Not Talking About

According to the Project Management Institute’s 2021 Talent Gap report, the global economy needs 25 million new project professionals by…

Jun 16, 2023

The Looming Project Management Crisis We’re Not Talking About

Jun 16, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

Project Management Lessons from Mom

We all have lessons and wisdom imparted to us from a young age. The refrains of our parents help shape us. And I have to admit that a lot…

Jun 5, 2023

Project Management Lessons from Mom

Jun 5, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

No, Your Life is Not a Project

Lives should be lived, not managed

May 23, 2023

No, Your Life is Not a Project

May 23, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

Project Management Has a Desperate Need… for Librarians

I have a deep interest in how knowledge management can blend with project management. My roots as a librarian have fueled my interest in…

May 20, 2023

Project Management Has a Desperate Need… for Librarians

May 20, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

Project Management Needs to Ditch the Sandbox

When I was growing up, the playground favorite was the sandbox. The barrier between sand and grass was a hallowed division between hours of…

May 18, 2023

Project Management Needs to Ditch the Sandbox

May 18, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

Art, Project Marketing, and Organizational Value

Many project managers wouldn’t consider themselves to be the kind of people who get out in front of audiences to entertain and amaze. But…

May 4, 2023

Art, Project Marketing, and Organizational Value

May 4, 2023

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We Manage Everything About Projects… Except Knowledge

“They’re not usually Lessons Learned,” an experienced project manager once told me. “They’re just Lessons Written Down.”

May 1, 2023

We Manage Everything About Projects… Except Knowledge

May 1, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

No, AI Won’t Kill Project Management… Or Save It

My whole world is buzzing with anticipation and dread at the rise of ChatGPT and its host of digital minions. The prognostications are as…

Apr 28, 2023

No, AI Won’t Kill Project Management… Or Save It

Apr 28, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

What’s Even the Point of Agile?

The point of Agile is NOT the production of software, or any other product. Look to the roots and you’ll find a more powerful use for it.

Apr 26, 2023

What’s Even the Point of Agile?

Apr 26, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

Good Project Managers Ask Great Questions

Before I took on management of my first team of more than five people, I was nervous. I wondered if I could successfully provide what the…

Apr 24, 2023

Good Project Managers Ask Great Questions

Apr 24, 2023

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

John Connolly, MLIS, PMP

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