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Yammer removes the friction in company-wide collaboration.

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Use checklists in design projects to engage people more fully.

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Use a visual approach for conveying project plans. Try mind mapping.

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So much of out time on projects is spent organizing project information for ourself and others. One great way of doing that is with mind maps. Want some help getting started? Get Chuck Frey’s new book on the subject.

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I promised to give you my feedback on my mind-mapping trial. Well, Chuck Frey of Innovation Tools beat me to it. He just did a review of the software I’ve been trying. I don’t have any point [...]

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I’m tired of traditional project management software. For so many projects MS Project, Suretrak, and P3 are overkill. Want something to handle those projects done by a small project team? Try mind mapping. That’s right, the memory technique created by Tony Buzan is being used quite successfully for managing [...]

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Kudos to Brian Michael Kennemer!! He just published in Projectified an add-in macro for MS Project that calculates Percent of Plan (Promises) Complete (PPC). This is the key measure of planning reliability. Projects done on a lean basis have PPCs that are above 85%. Usual projects are under 50%. Due [...]

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