Life-in-Progress

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To Say Agile, Or Not to Say Agile… That is the Question

Posted by Alora Posted on May - 06 - 2009

I had an interesting conversation yesterday after I gave a presentation. I was talking about the necessary functions — particularly when it comes to communications, documentation, change management and entry/exit criteria — of project management in an Agile development process. The “interesting” conversation I had afterward was because one of the attendees (in a private  [ Read More ]

IABC is the new PMI

Posted by Alora Posted on Jun - 28 - 2008

This assertion could, of course, just be hubris: after all, I’ve spent a decade running in Project Management circles and have only recently started dipping my toes in Communications circles, but one of the most interesting things about this year’s IABC 2008 International Conference was listening to the speakers (at the general sessions) encourage members  [ Read More ]

Unvirtuous Patience

Posted by Alora Posted on Jan - 23 - 2007

I realize that I am not the world’s most patient person. This is a source of endless frustration with my fiance: we both get frustrated with each other because I think that he should or does know/understand something that he doesn’t, and when it becomes clear that he doesn’t, I have to decide if that  [ Read More ]

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