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Article Career Development, Strategy, Talent Management, Technical Skills, Information Technology June 2007

PM Network

Balancing Act: Kurt Finch

Software projects are notorious for failing to meet client goals. This article--authored by the chief executive officer (CEO) of software provider Journyx (Houston, TX, USA)--discusses how project…

Article Career Development, Talent Management, Leadership, Technical Skills May 2007

PM Network

Crossing over

By Schneyer, Joshua The global proliferation of project management is generating a new breed of project manager: the polymath project manager. This article discusses why project managers must--in order to successfully…

Conference Paper Talent Management, Resource Management, Skill Development, Technical Skills 2007

Project manager competence

By Lindbergh, Lori B. Organizations have traditionally assessed their project management competency so as to identify their skill gaps and develop their training programs. Mature organizations have also used competency…

Conference Paper Talent Management, Leadership, Resource Management, Technical Skills 2007

How to use a project management competency model to develop project leaders?

By Friedrich, Ralf Because of the complexity involved in implementing projects, organizations must ensure that their project teams possess the competencies they need to perform effectively. But many organizations lack…

Article Career Development, Talent Management, Leadership, Resource Management, Technical Skills February 2004

PM Network

Role clarification

By Whitten, Neal The author offers a paradigm for training project and resource managers via a one-day workshop. The author suggests several real-world scenarios that workshop leaders could use to help these…

Conference Paper Talent Management, Leadership, Resource Management, Skill Development, Technical Skills 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Assessment and development center

By Suda, Lawrence V. Research proves that effective, competent project managers are a critical factor in the success of any project. Project Mirror is designed to measure project manager competence and effectiveness.…

Conference Paper Talent Management, Resource Management, Technical Skills, Aerospace & Defense 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

The defense PMBOK® guide extension and CAQ development--an overview

By Vanderheiden, Thomas E. | Ayer, Frederick L. This paper provides a review of efforts since the mid-80s to improve project professional development for United States government controlled Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition management…

Article Talent Management, Resource Management, Technical Skills 1 January 2002

PM Network

Train and gain

By Young, D. Allen | Parks, Brian C. Project management training is now more widely available and should be provided to staff who impact projects at all levels of an organizationto ensure consistency of application.This article…

Conference Paper Career Development, Talent Management, Leadership, Resource Management, Skill Development, Technical Skills 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

Implementation of a project management leadership program at Marriott International

By Dietz, Mike | Iverson, Stephanie | Lau, Richard As the Project Management discipline grows within organizations, it is critical to have a training program in place, not only to train future project managers, but also to expand the career growth…

Article Talent Management, Resource Management, Technical Skills April 1999

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What good is a PM mentor?

By Whitten, Neal Mentors are an effective way to develop project managers; mentors can help mentees enhance their performance, act as a non-partisan sounding board, identify mentee strengths, and assist in the…