Making Resolutions that Last

Kenneth has 14 years of healthcare experience in government and private industry. Over eight years of experience managing healthcare IT projects, operations, contracts, and personnel. His work experience includes project management, contracts and procurements, data analysis, claims adjudication, business writing, and business process modeling. Kenneth was certified in 2006 as a Project Management Professional.

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The new year is full of new hope and possibilities. What better way to make those possibilities a reality than by making resolutions?

The field of project management is geared toward improving processes and implementing best practices in order for projects to be executed successfully. Resolutions can help in maintaining those best practices; however, resolutions can be very tricky things to be truly successful. If there is no plan and no commitment, then they become just another list of projects that never happened. When you are making resolutions in the business world or your personal life, you need to have a plan and a method for implementation.

The following strategies will help your resolutions become a reality--no matter what those resolutions happen to be…

Blue Sky vs. Reality
Resolutions can start with “blue sky” ideas; in many cases, starting with a wide blue sky where anything and everything is possible can be very helpful in generating ideas that are outside the box or innovative in nature. After all, if you just stick with the tried and true cliché resolutions--or the resolutions that you know you can accomplish--then you are not stretching yourself.

Maybe you are a project manager who has only worked on small, four- to six-week projects for your company--or maybe you are doing some project management work but have not …

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