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...
View ArticleAsk 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,...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleJohn 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleCadence 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleAsk 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...
View ArticleSports 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...
View ArticleOrganizational 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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