by Donna Fitzgerald | September 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
“As soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word.” Peter Drucker If I had to indentify 2 areas that I believe PPM Leaders will need to increase their focus on in 2010, it would be communications and change management. [...]
Category: PMO Program Management Tags: Communication
by Donna Fitzgerald | September 21, 2009 | Comments Off
I promised that I’d pass along some thoughts about the PPM Summit so here goes: 1) We had a terrifically engaged audience. I’ve been speaking at one conference or another for just a few weeks shy of 13 years and hands down I felt that the attendees where there because they really cared about running [...]
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Category: PMO PPM Summit Program Management Tags: Leadership, PMO, Politics, PPM Summit, Program Management, Servant Leadership
by Donna Fitzgerald | August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
Saw the BBC series called Neverwhere on Netflicks this weekend. One of the lead characters in the show was named Door and her father was named Portico. Since I have a brain that tends to make very strange connections, the show left me with an aha moment about the difference between project and program managers. [...]
Category: Program Management Tags: Program Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | August 7, 2009 | 3 Comments
Woke up this morning with one with that answer to something I’ve wondered about for years. Most management books tend to insist that anyone can be a leader and yet on a day to day basis most of us see dozens of situations where those who should be leading aren’t. The answer to this conundrum [...]
Category: Program Management Tags: Leadership
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
At the beginning of every summer I generally kick off a discussion with my peers as to what PPM books we’re planning to read during the summer. To be honest the last couple of years it’s seemed that the choices have been few and far between. I’m delighted to say that’s changed this year thank;s [...]
Category: Book Reviews Program Management Tags: Leadership, PPM Books, Program Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
I guess it’s time to turn myself in. Despite the existence of this column and the existence of my personal blog I’ve never been truly sold on the idea Blogs. In my mind Blogs are single author commentaries on a subject of the author’s choice and it seems to me I already do that for [...]
Category: PMO Program Management Technology Tags: Geographcially disbursed teams, Technology
by Donna Fitzgerald | May 19, 2009 | Comments Off
I was looking for something on the web. I think it was tips on how to be better organized if you’re right brained and think stack technology refers to the tower of papers on your desk. Anyway I ultimately ended up somewhere else entirely and saw something I actually thought might be useful to my fellow program [...]
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Category: Program Management Technology Tags: Program Management, Twitter
by Donna Fitzgerald | April 18, 2009 | 4 Comments
A couple of months ago I got dragged kicking and screaming into setting up a Facebook account. Like most over 30 some things I wasn’t sure why I needed it or what it would do for me. I was also concerned about whether or not it would be my personal site or turn into a [...]
Category: Program Management Tags: Program Management, Social Networking
by Donna Fitzgerald | April 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Anyone who knows me knows that I can argue both sides of a topic with equal fluidity. This is a skill I picked up from my father who was legendary for asserting a position and then explaining (to anyone who would listen) all the reasons why his deeply held belief might, in fact, not be [...]
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Category: Program Management Tags: Leadership, Program Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | March 18, 2009 | 2 Comments
Leadership is not based on formal authority. Especially since, at the early levels of maturity, project management might still be approached on a somewhat informal basis. What this will generally mean to a PM is that the ability to form a team. focus the teams actions toward the agreed upon goal and deliver the project [...]
Category: Program Management Tags: Leadership, Program Management, Project Management
