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Organizational Agility

The Project Management Institute® (PMI) recently published its Pulse of the Profession report. One of the topics which receives key mention in it and resulted in its own detailed report is...

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Sports for Sharing Receives Cadence Project Management Training

The PMI Educational Foundation has partnered with Grupo Sinergia, Costa Rica to deliver a Project Management seminar to Deport-es para Compartir in Mexico City, Mexico. The seminar is a part of Cadence...

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Ask Cadence 109 – PM SkillBuilder Part 3: The Eternal Ending

  As projects near completion, it can sometimes be difficult to finalize and deliver them due to issues that can drag on or situations that arise. Getting over that last hump, to deliver the finished...

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Ask Cadence 108 – PM SkillBuilder Part 2: The Messy Middle

It happens. The team is working hard and they’re trying to keep up. Everyone’s putting in the extra effort. Yet you’re running into a number of problems. In the middle part of the project, you can...

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Ask Cadence 107 – PM SkillBuilder Part 1: The Slow Start

In the early stages of a project, a number of issues can crop up that can shift the project manager’s focus away from getting the project kicked off and on its way to eventual delivery. It’s an...

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Cadence Continues to Partner with PMIEF

(September 2012) Cadence Management Corporation continues to donate to the PMI Education Foundation by providing scholarships that allow primary and secondary teachers or administrators currently...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 106 – How do you avoid jumping to implement?

This week’s problem card asks, “we’re dealing with so many external influences demanding quick successes — how do you avoid jumping to implement in a way that drives success but doesn’t forget that...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 105 – Executives are not able to make decisions

This week’s problem card focuses on the busy executive that, for whatever reason, is not making tough decisions quickly and is beginning to impact the smooth march forward of the project. This week on...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 104 – Growing and Migrating Project Management Skill in...

Former Cadence COO Connie Plowman returns to Ask Cadence to discuss portability of the project management skill set in her new role. This week on the show, John Patton and Pete Wright talk with Connie...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 102 – Dealing with a Devastating Loss to the Team

This week’s project challenge comes from a recent attendee dealing with the loss of a critical team resource — a team member recently suffering a stroke. This sort of shock affects teams on many...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 101 – PMI Global Congress EMEA Recap with John Patton

Each PMI Global Congress, we like to sit down with Cadence representatives and do a brief recap of lessons learned. This year’s Global Congress in Dublin gave us an excellent opportunity to visit...

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John Patton recaps PMI Global Congress EMEA from Dublin, Ireland

Cadence President and CEO joined colleages from around the world for the Project Management Institute’s Global Congress EMEA in Dublin, Ireland. As the event came to a close, John sent the following...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 100 – Giving Back – Cadence and the PMI Education Foundation

The Project Management Institute’s Education Foundation is a foundation for spearheading the kinds of projects that support building best-in-class project managers for the future. This week on the...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 99 – Why should an organization pursue portfolio and program...

Organizations that invest in developing their project management initiatives quickly recognize the complexity that comes with newfound sophistication. To tackle broader and more robust initiatives,...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 98 – Don’t Fear PMs who aren’t technical people!

There is a fear and misconception that project managers without technical or engineering skill will put the projects they manage at risk. Further, that organizations that adopt project management...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 97 – John Patton on 28 years with PMI

For 28 years, John Patton has been serving and supporting the Project Management Institute, both as President and CEO of Cadence Management Corporation, and as a professional project manager and...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 96 – Balancing customer priorities and managing difficult...

During the implementation phase of the project, the team is stretched by the customer to add to scope. It’s causing strain on the team and putting pressure on the schedule. This week on the show, Jay...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 95 – Implementing a project with no plan for sustaining support

The transition from project mode into operations is often every bit as critical as planning the project itself. This week on the show, John Patton and Jay Christensen join Pete Wright to take on this...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 94 – Introducing Project Management version 11.0

This year, Cadence is rolling out the next major update to the core project management methodology training curriculum serving thousands of professional project managers around the world. This week on...

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Ask Cadence: Ep 93 – Lack of Timely Decision-Making

Lack of timely decision-making can cause rework and re-scoping on projects. This week on the show, Jay Christensen and Pete Wright take on this challenge from a course attendee and offer suggestions...

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