Part II – Cause Of Boring PowerPoint Presentations (This post is also published on pmhut.com as a complete article) The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. – Dorothy Nevill Knowledge: One does not knowContinue reading “How To Make PowerPoint Presentations Powerful.. Part 2”
Tag Archives: Planning
Capture Planning Assumptions
Your boss approaches you and tells that workplan is very good but customer wants to know how can we deliver the project sooner than promised? Now you have to come up with a new workplan or make some adjustments based on new findings. You put your thoughts together and go on to make changes/update and deliver the finalContinue reading “Capture Planning Assumptions”
Quotes for Managers
Quotes are powerful words to stir thinking process, give new perspective on things, motivate to take action. Here are some quotes on planning and strategy that I collected from book Strategic Management by Fred David. Like a product or service, the planning process itself must be managed and shaped, if it is to serve executives as aContinue reading “Quotes for Managers”
Intro to Earned Value Analysis – Part 1
We got to measure the progress of the project and report it to upper management along with controlling it. Project might seem progressing well, tasks completing on time and we are spending money for that. Earned Value Analysis (EVA) gives us an integrated view of cost and schedule performance. Lets go over some basic definitionsContinue reading “Intro to Earned Value Analysis – Part 1”
The Dip – When to Quit and When to Stick
It was my first book from Seth Godin, and he talks about strategic quitting in this book. Here is my own interpretation of What is a dip – its a temporary situation when you feel like stuck, the results are not convincing and success seems impossible. Dip can also be considered as a situation similar to a dead-end assignment with noContinue reading “The Dip – When to Quit and When to Stick”
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