Playing
the Live Jazz of Project Management, Pat Morgan (Adobe
Acrobat pdf)
This paper discusses the similarities between project management and
the playing of improvisational jazz. General characteristics for projects
and jazz are compared and the five most important linkages between projects
and jazz are discussed. The paper also explains why disorder is not chaotic
and projects can be successfully managed. Jazz might show us one way
of looking at the structure of disorder.
Why
Manage Projects?, André B. Barcaui,
PMP (Adobe Acrobat pdf)
Why Managers and Companies in the know manage projects (as opposed to
just doing them), from our Brasilian correspondent, André B. Barcaui,
PMP. Mr. Barcaui is with ESI International, and is also a College Professor
in Brasil. Mr. Barcaui joined asapm at our
grand web opening, and we welcome his perspective.
Project
Kick-off Exercise using Project Vital Signs, Stacy Goff, PMP (web
page)
This exercise is a great way to kick off any project. Get Sponsors, Resource
Managers and Team Members to agree on rank-ordered priority of the project's
Vital Signs. By Stacy Goff, ProjectExperts®.
Defining
the Hierarchy of Project Objectives, Bob Youker (Adobe
Acrobat pdf)
Linking Strategy and Projects: originally presented at an IPMA Conference
in Slovenia, 1998 by Robert Youker (retired), The World Bank U.S.A.,
and Jerry Brown; revised 2001
