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Archive for March, 2009

Overcome Offshore Software Project Challenges

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Dulcey Branch, is a senior software project manager with over 14 years of experience consulting in a variety of industries including high tech, utility, aerospace and health industries.

She has significant experience with working with offshore resources that code, write and execute test scripts. In this audio interview, she discusses three common project management challenges and how to overcome them. They are:

• Unreliable Infrastructure,
• meetings when there is a large difference in time zones, and
• coders hired to do the development are often not involved in the Analysis and Design of the software.

She shares practical guidance for project teams struggling with these issues.


Approx Length is 7 minutes

Dulcey can be contacted at:
guided_solutions at hotmail dot com

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Free Teleseminar - Project Management Consulting Success

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

I’m spilling my guts on the “project management consulting success lessons” guaranteed to make 2009 your best year ever (and that go way beyond anything that normal career advice offers).

You can get the full scoop here:
http://www.expertin90days.com/

On this teleseminar you’ll see and hear:

— The exact 5-step system I used to go from Silicon Valley
dotcom unemployed to loving getting contracts as a project
management consultant ….

— Practical steps for getting in front of hiring managers
(and no, it’s not just updating your resume for the
umpteenth time based on another career planning
“guru” telling you how job boards notice you)…

— How to Create a “Power Outcome” WBS… that will
literally pull you forward to getting your next client
engagement faster than any other career planning
technique you can use!

— … and much, MUCH more!

You must register now to lock-in your spot for this FREE event and get the special phone number, and PIN.

If you want in, please register immediately by visiting this site to make sure you don’t get locked out:

http://www.expertin90days.com/

See you soon,

Rosemary :-)

P.S. - Sign up now - this is one event you can’t afford to miss (especially not with the project management job losses - you need every unfair advantage you can get)!

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How Project Managers Can Transition to a Project Leader

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Terrie Mui - PMP, a Silicon-Valley based project manager focuses on strategic projects. In this recession environment, sponsors may require project managers to have tighter project control. In this talk she focuses on why project sponsors instead should push control down into the team and groom project managers into project leaders.

3csThis transition from hierarchical control to a high-performance team requires three C’s:
- Clear Goals
- Common Communication
- Collaboration, not Competition

Click Below to hear the Interview with Terrie Mui-PMP.
Strategic Project Management
Approx Play Time 11 Minutes

Ms. Mui can be contacted at Click Here.

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