Project Management

Revving up the Street Sweeper

The other day I commented about the reviews written about a street sweeping game. The post ended up on GovLoop where Denise Petet added some great insights on how the game might be made more fun and engaging. She suggested adding more interesting cars, having pedestrians interact with the sweeper, and even allowing the sweeperRead… Read more »

Project of the Week: Streamlining Data with Analytics

This week’s Project of the Week is brought to you by one of GovLoop’s 2011 Major Partners, IBM. As the year continues they will be present on GovLoop to help you with any Analytics questions you may have. Dr. GovLoop recently caught up with Frank Stein of the Analytics Solution Center at IBM about howRead… Read more »

Character Training

Does there ever come a time when we come back to reinforce character development? Perhaps with young leaders-to-be. One thing that I’ve noticed is, that no matter how hard we try as trainers, the results are limited to the character of our trainers, trainees and managers. What if we could depend on character to makeRead… Read more »

Text-to-911 debuts in Durham

Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. August 3, 2011 marked a huge technological leap forward for Durham, NC through the availability of the new “text-to-911” program. Durham is only the second location in the US to offer this service, which was made possible as a pilot program through the City’s Next Generation 911 (NG911) provider IntradoRead… Read more »

Justice, public safety and homeland security July review

Deltek Analyst Evan Halperin reports. When looking back at the justice and public safety markets in July, it’s nearly impossible to ignore the happenings of the Los Angeles County Regional Interoperable Communications System project (LA-RICS). In mid-July, Senior Analyst Jeff Webster reported on the possible award of a contract to Raytheon, and Analyst Kristin HoweRead… Read more »

It’s All About the Crew

The second in my series of articles on the Virginia State Parks Youth Conservation Corps – an example of government at its best, preparing youth for the future. Year after year we tell park staff – the Youth Conservation Corps crew will get more done than you expect. Even parks that have had crews yearRead… Read more »

Free PMP Exam Sample Question

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from The Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— The team members follow what the project manager tells them because they fear that the manager has the authority to provide negative feedback in their appraisal. Which of the followingRead… Read more »

Eight Free PMP Exam Prep Videos

Are you or someone you know planning to prepare for the PMP Exam? Would you like to know everything that I know about the process of studying for and passing the exam? Then all you have to do is watch the following free videos on YouTube: http://pm-prepcast.com/8videos In this 8-part series from The PM PrepCastRead… Read more »

PM Podcast Episode 190: Every Project is a Social Network

This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: In last week’s episode we gave you tips, tricks and lessons learned how you can improve your project communications with proper use of modern tools. Call them social media tools, call them enterprise 2.0 tools, call them whatever you want. But at the core of using themRead… Read more »

A Day in the Life of a Civil Engineer – Day 5

Day 5 The main items grabbing my attention today involved the following: Striping Today the stripers were in town placing the thermoplastic paint on a few of our newly paved roads. Normally I don’t get too involved in the operation because we have a project engineer and technician inspecting and managing the project. But today,Read… Read more »