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PMI Mass Bay volunteering at GBFB on July1st

07/03/2023

PMI Mass Bay had partnered with Greater Boston’s Food Bank to provide a volunteer opportunity for interested members on July 1st. The Boston Food Bank, also known as The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), is a nonprofit organization that serves as a hub for food distribution to a network of hunger-relief agencies in the Greater Boston area. Its mission is to end hunger in eastern Massachusetts by providing a reliable source of nutritious food to those in need. It acquires…

Good PMs Ignore the Golden Rule

06/21/2023

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By Mary Loden, PE, PMP, MBA – Principal Consultant Compass Management Consulting, LLC Many of us grew up being taught the Golden Rule – a moral principle that essentially states that one should treat others as one would like to be treated. It is a simple and straightforward rule, but while well intentioned, in my opinion it doesn’t work. This is because people are different, and what one person wants may not be what another person wants. I’m a high…

3 Ways Project Management Skills Can Help You Succeed in Starting Your Own Business

04/23/2023

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By Anne Hand, Managing Director, Inlet Partners LLC, Ed. M., PMP I had been freelancing and doing independent consulting on and off for years before finally taking the leap – resigning from my job and registering my LLC, Inlet Partners, in 2022. The idea of starting my own business initially felt too big with too many unknowns to keep track of, but my project management skills gave me the confidence to take the risk. These skills gave me a strong…

Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique

04/02/2023

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By Alan Zucker; Project Management Essentials, LLC, Coach, Consultant, Instructor & Keynote Speaker. Project Management. Agile & Leadership The Milestone-Kanban Schedule (MKS) is a hybrid project scheduling and management technique that combines traditional and agile best practices. The technique is well-suited for simple and complicated projects where the required deliverables are clear, but the time and effort needed to create them are not. It embraces iterative planning, uses milestones to establish a project roadmap, a Kanban board to manage the…

Describing a Project Leadership Organizational Model through Basketball

03/14/2023

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By Kevin Magalhaes, MBA, PMP, Program Management Director at Relay Therapeutics – Kevin is an experienced program and project management professional with a demonstrated history of success working in the life sciences industry. The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s annual March Madness® basketball tournament is here and the National Basketball Association’s playoffs are around the corner. As an avid fan of basketball, I couldn’t resist using the sport to establish an accessible example of a project leadership organizational model from the…