Ray LaHood wants to hear from you
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced the launch of “On the Go with Ray LaHood,” an online question-and-answer project. Original post
Project Management
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya.
You interfered with the productivity of my project team member. Prepare to die. I saw this as a twitter status on my #agile view recently and couldn’t resist doing a blog post with this theme from The Princess Bride. It’s a topic I’m very passionate about. (Productivity that is. Well, I like the movie too!)Read… Read more »
Wait, Did I Just Say “Disruption of Transportation”?
I was writing that last post so quickly because I had to run out that I wrote something and ran right past it, without pausing to think about it: I think we’re looking at a major disruption of the way transportation works in the next several years. Did I say that? Yes I did –Read… Read more »
TransportationCamp East and the Future of Transportation
This weekend is TransportationCamp East, a two-day unconference in NYC about urban transportation and technology. In leading up to the (un)conference, I’ve been doing some thinking about what the future of transportation in urban areas is, or should be. (See Microtransportation is the Future of Getting Around in Cities, Want to Revolutionize Traffic? Open aRead… Read more »
IBM, Esri launch municipal location-based analytics pilot projects
IBM is helping cities become more efficient by visualizing and analyzing their physical and digital assets in real-time using location-based analytics. The company intends to do this with two municipal pilot projects in Wilmington, North Carolina and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The cities will use IBM software and embedded sensors to examine their infrastructure and operationsRead… Read more »
Success Rule #12 – No Task is too Small
You never know when you’re work is going to be noticed, or who is going to notice it. Take pride in your work — all of it. How can you be expected to be responsible for the big project if you can’t even handle the simple ones? As a new Captain in the USAF, andRead… Read more »
Online, Interactive Digital Engagement Governance – a.k.a. Approaching Social Media Governance as a Method
This will be the first in an ongoing set of entries about Interactive Digital Engagement Governance. Contact me or Navigation Arts in McLean, VA for more information, or for ideas regarding planning and implementing such a methodology at your organization. The concept of governance isn’t new at all to organizations building websites, whether inside (asRead… Read more »
Six Sigma Applied to Green ICT
Green ICT Project Officer Samuel Fernandes will discuss “Project planning: Using the Six Sigma methodology” At the Australian National University in Canberra, 11 am, 17 March 2011. Sam is a former student of Green Information Technology Strategies, now working on reducing the ANU’s greenhouse gas emissions.WorkshopProject planning: Using the Six Sigma methodologyThe ANU Project ManagementRead… Read more »
Gumby Goes to the White House
President Obama signed a memo to all agency heads yesterday with an unwieldy title: “Administrative Flexibility, Lower Costs, and Better Results for State, Local, and Tribal Governments.’ But it contains the seeds of a potential shift in how the federal government works, if implemented smartly. Over the years, presidents have directed agencies to streamline theirRead… Read more »
Group Decision Tip: Decision Method Right-sized
In principle, the amount of energy (time, money, etc.) invested in a group decision should be in proportion to the amount of impact it’s likely to have. The magnitude of the impact is a combination of how many people are affected, how deeply, and for how long into the future. Consensus decisions are best suitedRead… Read more »