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		<title>Unleashing the Power of Project Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Four-Part Series
By Aaron J. Shenhar
PART 4: THE NEW ADAPTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Based on our research we suggest changing the paradigm of project management and accepting things as they are. The new framework is success-focused, flexible, and adaptive, and we can simply call it the “Adaptive Project Management Model;” it differs from the traditional approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unleashing the Power of Project Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Four-Part Series
By Aaron J. Shenhar
PART 3: WHAT IS MISSING IN TRADITIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
As mentioned in the previous article, the current, standard, and formal approach to project management is based on a predictable, fixed, relatively simple, and certain model. It is also generally decoupled from the changes in the environment or the business needs; once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unleashing the Power of Project Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Four-Part Series
By Aaron J. Shenhar
PART 2: WHY MANAGING A PROJECT BY THE BOOK IS NOT ENOUGH
The current techniques as used in the discipline of project management form the necessary basis for learning and understanding what project management is all about, but they are insufficient to guarantee a project’s success or to address the needs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unleashing the Power of Project Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Four-Part Series
By Aaron J. Shenhar
Executive Summary
Projects are the engines that drive innovation and change. Yet top management ignored them for a long time. Thus many projects today do not meet their objectives. In order to unleash the hidden potential that exists in projects companies must learn how to manage project in a highly adaptive, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of PM Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conversation with Mr. Arun Gupta, Group CIO K Raheja and Shoppers Stop
Arun is the Group CIO at the K Raheja Corporation which has business across infrastructure, realty and retail among others. He has a rich experience in the industry as an IT business leader and is recognized as a “Business friendly” and “Strategic CIO”, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Licensed to Drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Project Management a commodity or a craft?
Some days back I visited the Regional Transport Office of Bangalore North district, more commonly called RTO office. For those unfamiliar about my part of the world, RTO issues driving license if you pass their written test and driving test.
Bangalore, and I guess many of the cities in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I designed the gear box for this vehicle</title>
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Knowing your customer’s business.
I drive around in a Mahindra Scorpio shown here. It gives me unfair advantage on the roads in Bangalore where the right of way is based on the size of the vehicle! Lest you think so, this blog is not about the comforts of Scorpio or the horror called Bangalore traffic.
It so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How long should it take?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Observations on the practice of estimation
I had heard this story long time back. There was this gentleman visiting a historical fort situated in a small village. He was walking his way to the fort but unaware of how far the place was. On the way, he saw an old man sitting on the steps of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delivering Business Value with PMO</title>
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An effective IT PMO can deliver breakthrough results in most PM areas including increased throughput, speed &#38; reliability, significant reduction in resource burn-out, higher productivity, leading to high benefit/ cost ratios for IT investments.
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		<link>http://www.pmconversations.com/pmo/delivering-business-value-with-pmo/</link>
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		<title>Fill It, Shut It, Forget It</title>
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Long before Hrithik Roshan[1] became their brand ambassador and set hearts “Dhak, Dhak, Go”, Hero Honda used to run an advertising campaign &#8211; “Fill it, shut it, forget it”. They were referring to the fuel economy of their bike which was claimed as 80 kilometres per litre. That’s why the line “Fill it …”
This popular [...]]]></description>
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